New Rotherham signing Michael Cummins has admitted his release by former employers Darlington was "hard to take" at the time.The 29-year-old has since signed a two-year deal with Rotherham after being told he was surplus to requirements as part of a major cost-cutting exercise.

Chairman George Houghton has drastically cut manager Dave Penney's budget which is why Cummins and eight others have been axed this week.

Cummins told the Northern Echo: "As far as I was concerned I was going in to speak about a contract on Tuesday but then the gaffer told me the news about the chairman.

"He's cut the budget by 50% and the players under contract at the minute take up 95% of that so unfortunately the gaffer wasn't able to offer any of us contracts.

"I enjoyed my time at Darlington but obviously it wasn't meant to be."

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