Rangers handed Ipswich Town a goalscorer and £4m profit: View.
Martyn Waghorn was a consistent striker throughout his tenure at Portman Road, and earned the Tractor Boys a large fee as a consequence.
Martyn Waghorn has over 100 goals in his career and has been a constant on the scoresheet in the EFL for the past decade and a half, with ten different clubs making use of his skills.
The attacker began his football career with Sunderland and has since played for a number of clubs before joining Derby County in League One.
This is his second spell with the Rams, having transferred to Pride Park from Ipswich Town in the summer of 2018 for a cost of around £5 million.
That was at a time when the striker was at the height of his powers, having established himself as a top-tier striker with a goal-laden period at Rangers in Scotland, allowing Town to capitalize on his prolific tendency in front of goal both on the pitch and in the pocket.
Ipswich Town got a deal when they signed Martyn Waghorn from Rangers.
Waghorn, who came through the ranks at Sunderland as a youth, spent loan periods at Charlton Athletic and Leicester City, and was already demonstrating his innate talent to reach the back of the goal as a teenager.
In 2010, the Foxes paid £3 million for the striker after he scored 12 goals in 43 league outings. However, he struggled after making the transfer permanent, leading to a loan move to Millwall before being released to Wigan Athletic.
After such a promising start to his career, the attacker was struggling for form at the DW Stadium, so it must have been a huge relief when Rangers came knocking in the summer of 2015, with the Glasgow club commanding his services as they climbed back up the Scottish football pyramid.
The Ibrox club had been relegated to the fourth level for financial problems and were back in the second tier when they called Waghorn, allowing the forward to have the most productive season of his career to date after he moved north of the border.
After a 28-goal season, his status skyrocketed over the next season, and he added another 16 goals upon his team’s promotion to the top tier, demonstrating his clinical shooting abilities.
Ipswich paid a reputed £1 million to get him in the summer of 2017, and he rewarded their investment with a fantastic season in front of goal.
Waghorn scored 16 goals in his first season, making him the club’s leading scorer in the league. Mick McCarthy’s team finished comfortably in mid-table.
| Martyn Waghorn’s Ipswich Town Stats | ||||
| Appearances | 46 | |||
| Starts | 39 | |||
| Goals | 16 | |||
| Assists | 11 | |||
| Goals/90 | 0.42 | |||
| Source: FBRef | ||||
In his first three league appearances, he scored four goals, including a brace against Millwall that led to a 4-3 victory and the winning goal against Barnsley on his EFL debut.
Waghorn was frequently the guy to get the Suffolk side out of trouble with key scores; whether he was sprinting away from the backline or pouncing on a loose ball in the area, he was always ready to score.
Ipswich Town used to be a regular Championship also-ran, finishing in mid-table for 17 consecutive seasons before dropping to League One in 2019.
The Tractor Boys were a long cry from today, with only a single play-off campaign to show for 14 years worth of work in the second division, leaving great players like Waghorn vulnerable to teams with loftier goals.
Ipswich Town earned a large profit with Martyn Waghorn.Half a decade ago, Derby County aimed to improve on their previous season’s unsuccessful play-off campaign and identified Town’s striker as the key player for the next season.
With a £5 million price on the table, it looked like a great profit for only one year’s investment in the goal-scorer, leaving the Tractor Boys keen to cash in and thank Waghorn for the memories.
They scored a lot of goals and made a lot of money, so Ipswich will see this as a fantastic commercial opportunity.
Derby’s play-off campaign ended in loss, despite Waghorn’s 13 goals in the season’s final match at Wembley Stadium.
The front-man spent time at Coventry City and Huddersfield Town before returning to County at the age of 33 last summer. He returned on trial and impressed Paul Warne in the dugout after playing in Craig Forsyth’s testimonial match.
Waghorn was never as productive as he was after leaving Portman Road, but his one and only season in Suffolk provided the Tractor Boys with a significant profit for what they received.
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