Former Middlesbrough defender joins Colin Cooper at Victoria Park
Former Boro skipper Matthew Bates has signed for Colin Cooper's Hartlepool United.
The talented defender who suffered the agony of five cruciate injuries during his time at Boro was on the lookout for a new club after a short term deal with Bradford City expired at the end last season.
And Cooper, a former team-mate of Bates' at Boro, wasted no time in tempting the 27-year-old to put pen to paper on a deal at Victoria Park.
Bates, a member of Boro's victorious 2004 FA Youth Cup winning side, had been training with Pools last season but decided against a move to the League Two outfit, instead joining the Bantams.
He played 23 games for Phil Parkinson's side last year before he was told he was free to look for a new club at the end of the season.
Bates is Colin Cooper's first signing of the summer at Hartlepool, who finished a disappointing 19th last season.
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