An ex-Rovers player is on the move again this summer

Former Doncaster Rovers loanee Charlie Crew has a new club just in time for the upcoming season.

The Leeds United youngster spent two separate spells at Rovers; the second half of the 2024-25 campaign, and then the first half of the 2025-26 season.

He posted 25 appearances across those two stints but it was his first spell where he really shone, aiding Rovers' march towards the League Two title. Upon returning, in the summer of 2025, it was hoped Crew would kick on in League One but he struggled for minutes and a loan arrangement that was set to run the entire campaign was instead ended midway through.

Now, 20-year-old Crew has signed for League Two Walsall on a season-long loan.

Saddlers boss Lee Grant said: "We've put a lot of work in to understanding Charlie both as a player and as a character and we are certain he will boost us on both fronts. He's shown a real maturity in our conversations.

"He has experience of a promotion in League Two as well as playing in the league above in his most recent loan spell."

After Crew's second stint at Rovers ended, manager Grant McCann said last December: "Charlie has been stop-start. The international breaks haven't helped him, going away two or three times. And he probably just hasn't got to the levels he showed last year (on loan)."