Raggett returns to Millers to link up with Rafferty again
Sean Raggett has revealed why he chose Rotherham to be his next club following his Fratton Park departure.
The now former Blues centre-half was announced as the Millers’ fifth signing of the close season, after penning a two-year deal.
There, he’ll link up with former Blues team-mate Joe Rafferty, who completed a deal to join the recentlyrelegated Championship outfit.
Raggett, a key member of John Mousinho’s titlewinning team after a bit-part role at the start of the season, will not have been short of offers when his Pompey exit was confirmed at the beginning of May.
But the 30-year-old admitted he remains ambitious and believes his thirst for another promotion-winning campaign can be quenched at Rotherham under Steve Evans.
Speaking to the club’s media team after being unveiled as a Millers player for the second time in his career, Raggett said: ‘I’m over the moon to be back here.
‘It seems quite a while ago that I was here but as soon as I spoke to the gaffer and he let me know he wanted me to come here, I was thinking “what a place to come back to”.
‘It’s a club that’s always challenging at the top of League One and that was the most important thing for me, for sure. I want to get promoted again and I thought this was the best place to achieve that.
‘When I met him (Evans), he had good things to say about the club and about me as well and I just got a really good feeling speaking to him. I thought “yeah, this club’s going to be really competitive next season” and made me want to sign.’
Raggett and Rafferty both started 30-plus games this season as Pompey secured the League One title.
Raggett added: ‘I spoke to Raffs a fair bit when I saw that he signed. I’ve played next to him the past two years and obviously I get on really well with him.
‘We understand each other’s games, so I think that’s going to be a real positive for the club.’
Raggett featured 10 times for Rotherham during the 201819 season while on loan from Norwich. After five early-season games, an ankle injury sidelined him until the end of December and he was recalled the following month.
Raggett’s League One games in 2023-24
Raggett played 10 times for Millers in 2018-19