Cork City FC are delighted to announce the signing of Steven Beattie.<\/p>\n
The 32-year-old returns to the club after a spell in the United States with Chattanooga Red Wolves, and he told CorkCityFC.ie that he was thrilled to be back on Leeside:<\/p>\n
\u201cI am just delighted to be back. It is obviously very different from 2016\/17\/18, but it is a new challenge and I am home. I always wanted to come back at some stage, now I am here and I want to enjoy my football again. I know Colin very well from playing with him in 2015; a great man, a brilliant coach and he did a fantastic job at the academy. I just want to get started now and try to get the club back to where it belongs.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a young squad and I think that\u2019s why Colin and Cotts wanted to bring me in, because of my experience. I followed the academy closely when I was here; a lot of those young lads are now making the step-up to the first team, and there is a real bedrock of young, Cork talent here now. If I can help those young lads in any way I can, I will do so.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I left I didn\u2019t think I would get the chance to play in Turner\u2019s Cross again, but I saw what has gone on over the last couple of years and I just really wanted to get back and play my part in getting this club back to the Premier Division. I don\u2019t care how young or inexperienced our squad is; Colin and Cotts will get the boys ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve always had a fantastic relationship with the fans here, and I was a fan for the two years I was away. It hurt me, like it hurt the fans, to see what the club was going through. They know I will do my all to get this club back to where it belongs.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI wouldn\u2019t be here if I didn\u2019t think we would be competitive. Competitive is the least we can be and, with a guy like Colin at the helm, we will definitely be competitive.\u201d<\/p>\n
City boss Colin Healy welcomed the signing, saying: \u201cIt\u2019s great to have Beats back. He has been a fantastic player for the club, won a lot of trophies and he brings a lot of experience into the dressing room. He can play in a number of different positions; he is one of those players who can play anywhere. He will give us everything he has, and those are the kind of players we want.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody knows him and everybody has respect for him, so he will be a massive figure inside in that dressing room. He will be one of the senior players, and he is a great addition to our squad.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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