The club's first summer signing was in top form as he chewed the cud with the local media on Tuesday morning over a virtual press conference, less than 24 hours after completing his free transfer to South Yorkshire from Solihull Moors. Cutting a relaxed figure, the likeable Midlander said all the right things as he spoke of how the move came about. Having only left Moors in the past week, the switch to Rovers has come about in particularly quick fashion.
Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Doncaster Free Press, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you. But the 25-year-old says it didn't take him long to realise it was the right call at this stage of his career. "We had a Zoom call with me, the gaffer (Grant McCann) and my agent," Sbarra tells the Free Press .
"I sent a text to my Dad afterwards and said 'I think I might be going to Donny!' "I don't know how to describe it. It's when you speak to someone and just get a good feeling about it and you just know straight away in your gut it's the right thing to do. I'm delighted.
" It's clear that McCann's sales pitch worked a treat. Key to that was highlighting the immense turnaround that last season saw Rovers propel themselves from third-bottom and into the play-offs. A ten-game winning streak proved pivotal, equalling a long-standing club record.
Advertisement Advertisement Sbarra added: "The gaffer showed me a table and I think from December 31 to the end of the seas.
