Aidy White never envisaged he would play for two clubs this season but he is now determined to be successful at Barnsley.

The left-back, 24, left Championship side Rotherham United on Friday and then agreed a deal to join the Reds on a contract until the end of the season. White, who lives just outside of Penistone, said it was an easy switch to make following his successful loan spell at Oakwell.

He told the Chronicle: "I enjoyed my time on loan at Barnsley and it felt good to be playing football again. I felt like I was getting better and improving with every game. I've always just wanted to be playing football.

"I wouldn't have thought this was going to be the outcome at the start of the season but I wasn't getting opportunities at Rotherham and, with Barnsley doing well, it was an easy decision to make."

White, a former Leeds United scholar, only signed for Rotherham in the summer and played as a left winger for the Millers before Steve Evans left the club. Now he says he's settled back into the left-back role and is enjoying working behind winger Adam Hammill.

"Adam is a great talent and he can win matches out of absolutely nothing," added White.

"You just have to give him the ball and let him do what he does. I think we have linked up well and, the more games we play, it will get better and we will hopefully be able to create more chances. I'm quite used to playing both left wing and left-back. Each manager seems to see me in a different position but I feel like I've played well at left-back."

Injuries have stalled a once-promising career for White, who represented both England and the Republic of Ireland in youth football, and his aim now is to play regularly.

"I think, as a team, we have got to push up the table as much as we can and get into the top half. Personally I've just got to keep playing and improving. I've been striving for consistency after being out all last season. Wembley (in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy) would be a bonus for me, because I've never played there."

White's move has resulted in academy graduate George Smith being sent out on loan to Crawley Town. White, who had loan spells with Oldham and Sheffield United as a young player, feels it will help him develop.

He added: "It's one of those things with George but in football sometimes you have to take a step back to come back. He will be stronger and fitter for going out on loan and it will do him the world of good.  He's still very young and I'm sure he has a bright future at the club."