Summer recruit Harry Pell has vowed to make the most of any opportunity that comes his way as he looks to break into Bristol Rovers first team this season. The former Charlton midfielder attracted interest from Gillingham and Wycombe over the summer, but opted to join Rovers and is now focused on the challenges that lie ahead at the Memorial Stadium. "It's exciting and a little bit worrying at the same time, but I'm just going to give it my best shot through pre-season and see if the gaffer wants to put me in, and thinks he can trust me to do a job," he told the club's official website. "Naturally there will be pressure to perform if I get in the side but, hopefully, I'll take my chance if and when it comes." Pell believes he has a better chance of progressing at Rovers as he felt young players were not given enough chances at Charlton, adding: "I don't think Charlton manager Phil Parkinson believed in a youth policy as much as Paul Trollope does. "In my first year as a pro I made eight reserve team starts, so things were going quite well, but in my second year the reserve team folded and I went on loan to Hastings to play some first team football and to try and prove to the gaffer that I deserved a place. I played 16 games at Hastings, and did quite well, but on my return the manager said that I wouldn't be playing first team football."
Source: PA
Source: PA