Crawley Town can confirm that Pablo Mills, last season’s captain at npower League Two beaten play-off finalists Rotherham has joined the Blue Square Bet Premier club.
Mills, 26, started over forty matches for Rotherham last season and led his team out as captain in the play-off final at Wembley where they lost out to Dagenham & Redbridge by the odd goal in five.
Mills has just enjoyed a superb season and has been courted throughout the summer by a number of Football League clubs and Blue Square Bet Premier clubs but after several weeks of talks with Reds manager Steve Evans he arrived at The Broadfield Stadium to complete a medical and sign his contract.
Evans was delighted with the capture. He said: ''Pablo is a super signing for us. In fairness all the players we have signed, including him, have been carefully selected because our project this season is to get promoted to the Football League. Those selected players have either played at that level or in my opinion have the ability to perform and play there.
''We are building a squad not just for the season ahead but for the next two to three years, this is a serious project.
''I watched Pablo many times last season and he was brilliant every time I watched him. He is a leader of men, a very talented footballer and a player who will make us better as a team and that is what we are - a team - it will never be about individuals. The lad can also play in a number of positions in the team; at centre back and in midfield Pablo has demonstrated he is simply outstanding.
The player spoke after completing his formal documentation to become a Red: “I have been speaking to the Gaffer for weeks now and just to get him off the phone I signed for him; - no seriously, I am excited by the ambitions of the club and when I looked in detail at the squad for the new season I wanted to be a part of the project here.
''I told the Gaffer a few weeks ago that there was only one manager and club I would consider playing for in the Football Conference and his interest allowed me to turn down several clubs at Football League level to do that. This really is an exciting project and I want to be a big part of it.”
