Adam Johnson Persuaded Poole To Make Pools Switch

Hartlepool United’s new signing James Poole has admitted that England midfielder Adam Johnson persuaded him to make the move to the club.

Poole said that Sunderland-born Johnson had praised the area and the club ”I spoke to Adam Johnson when I was supposed to be signing and he said there are some nice places around here.

”He promoted the club to me. I spoke to a couple of mates who had played against Hartlepool this season and they said it would be a good move too.”

Although he has not made a breakthrough into Manchester City’s first team, Pools says that he’s learning from the world class players at Eastlands.

”It’s tough at City in terms of breaking through into the first-team squad. But you’re training with the best players in the world every day which has got to stand me in good stead.

”As soon as I heard Hartlepool were interested, I wanted to go.”