Logan opts for Stags move
GOALKEEPER Conrad Logan has turned down the offer of a new deal at Rochdale to join League Two Mansfield Town.
The burly stopper was among the out-ofcontract players offered new terms at the Crown Oil Arena, but has opted instead to join Steve Evans’ Stags.
“I’m excited at the prospect of playing here,” he said. “It’s a good club with massive ambitions and I’m raring to get going
“It’s a drop in division. Hopefully it’s only for a year because this is a club that’s striving for promotion. Once I spoke to the manager and weighed things up, the decision was quite easy and I’m happy that I’ve made the move.
“I’ve seen the progress of the club since the manager’s come in and I don’t live that far away, which is obviously a factor, but I also get to see a lot of Mansfield in the news and the ambition of the club, the chairman (John Radford) and people around the club.
“A combination of those things really tipped it towards Mansfield.”
Logan said he was pleased to be joining a club which has publicly stated its goal for next season – to achieve promotion to League One.
“This game’s all about winning, there’s no point coming to a club that says ‘we’re looking to try and stay in this league’ or ‘we’re looking for mid-table and sneak in the play-offs’.
“Why not set your ambition out as high as you can and that’s what they’ve done. They’ve come out publicly and said that, so there’s no hiding from the fact of what the plan is for next year and as players, you’ve got to go out and embrace it and look forward to the task.”