Port Vale re-sign Tom Pope on a two year deal
Port Vale re-sign Tom Pope: Port Vale have signed their former striker on a two-year contract.
Pope left the club for Bury in 2015 after a spell that saw him 69 goals for the Valiants.
Port Vale re-sign Tom Pope
After signing, Pope told the Sentinel: “There was interest from other clubs – but I wanted to come home. If I was going leave then there was only one place I wanted to come back to.
“I have spoken to Michael Brown quite a bit, although to be honest I didn’t think anything would materialise.
“Bury agreed to give a settlement towards the Vale deal and I think it’s the right decision. I don’t want to sound like a typical old pro, saying there was loads of interest.
“My agent asked me if I wanted to take more time to think about it and had an offer from a League One club for more money. But it would have required uprooting and, besides, I had my heart set on coming back to the Vale. I have two young kids and I want to be close to home.”
Pope originally joined the Valiants on loan in 2010 in a move which was later made permanent. He came to national prominence in the 2012-13 when he burst into goalscoring form by netting thirty three times during Port Vale’s promotion to League One. He followed that by scoring eighteen goals during a two season spell with Vale in League One.
However, in the summer of 2015 he opted to leave Burslem and join big-spending Bury where he enjoyed a two season stay scoring fourteen times. He was released in the summer of 2017.
Tom Pope Factfile
Clubs: Crewe Alexandra, Rotherham United, Port Vale, Bury
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