Hartlepool United manager Ronnie Moore has confirmed he is interested in signing convicted rapist Ched Evans.
Evans, who was released from prison in October, had seen a return to former club Sheffield United collapse recently after a backlash.
The 25-year-old was rumoured to be considering retiring from football in the coming weeks, but League Two side Hartlepool now say they’re considering signing him.
Boss Moore admitted: “If it could happen for me, I would want it to happen.
“There is no doubt about that. He is a proven goalscorer.
“He has served his time for me and the boy wants to play football.
“If there is a chance that he might come here, and I don’t see any reason why he shouldn’t.
“I know what will happen now, everybody will me groaning and you see what happened at Sheffield United.’’
And Moore added: “You keep pushing the lad away. He made a mistake and maybe he hasn’t made the apology in the right way and there is a case pending on the appeal.
“On the football matters, if he gets on the park he will go a long way to getting us out of trouble, that’s for sure.
“It is a possibility, I would leave it at that for now.”
The news is likely to spark the debate once again as to whether Evans should be allowed to return to the pitch, having previously been found guilty of raping a girl in a hotel in 2011.
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