Yeates eyes promotion at first attempt

11 July 2009 10:21
Middlesbrough new-boy Mark Yeates has set his sights on helping the club secure an immediate return to the Barclays Premier League. The 24-year-old winger, a £500,000 signing from Colchester, started his career at Tottenham and is desperate for another chance to make it at the highest level. He is confident he can do that with relegated Boro as manager Gareth Southgate attempts to bounce back at the earliest opportunity. Yeates said: "It's obviously the aim of the whole club. "A lot of people would have been surprised they went down but we have just got to all group together and make sure the main aim is to go back up. "That's the main reason I came here. There were other clubs interested but once I spoke to the gaffer and came up here, I knew straight away where I wanted to be and so does the club."

Source: Eurosport