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Former Aberdeen striker Sam Cosgrove desperate to ‘settle’ down with new club Barnsley
The 26-year-old has joined his fifth club in two and a half years since leaving Pittodrie but is determined to make his stay with the South Yorkshire side a long one.
Ex-Aberdeen hitman Sam Cosgrove wants to hit the ground running with new club Barnsley and is hoping to help the Tykes win promotion back to the English Championship. The striker completed a switch to Oakwell from Birmingham City on deadline day in the summer transfer window, with the EFL League One club set to be his fifth team in the past two and a half years.
After leaving Pittodrie in January 2021 (having scored an impressive 46 goals in 103 matches) Cosgrove failed to establish himself at Birmingham and spent time away from the club on loan at Shrewsbury, AFC Wimbledon and Plymouth Argyle. The Englishman helped the latter win promotion to the Championship last season, scoring 12 goals in 40 matches in all competitions as the Pilgrims also reached the final of the EFL Trophy.
Cosgrove is desperate to settle down and make his spell with Barnsley a long one and says his promotion success with Plymouth last season has spurred him onto achieve the same objectives with his new club. Speaking to the Barnsley Chronicle, he said: “I want to make Oakwell my home now after a turbulent couple of years with not getting settled anywhere.”
“Getting promoted last year, that is probably the biggest thing I want to bring to this squad because the goal here is to get promoted. With the interest (in him from Barnsley), I have been following the team all season. I managed to watch a couple of games in midweek when I wasn’t playing. You can see the quality in the squad, not least at the top end of the pitch.
“I see some similarities between this squad and the one I was involved in last season. There is that hunger and will from the lads.”
Barnsley missed out on promotion after falling to defeat in the EFL League One play-offs last season but Cosgrove is confident that his goal can help the Tykes can go all the way this time around. He added: “There is a little bit of frustration in the group after being so close last year and probably deserving to go up.
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“They know what it’s about being up at that end of the table and winning most weeks. Hopefully that experience and the frustration will give us a little bit extra to get over the line this time.
“Being the best part of six foot five, I am an old school classic number nine. I like to be physical, hopefully give us a presence at the top of the pitch.
“But the big thing for a striker is to bring goals. I got a few last season (12 in all competitions) and hopefully this time I can at least match that or get even more.”
