'I'm hoping to score a lot of goals here'

Cole says boss was reason he signed

- Clive Youlton

DEVANTE Cole reckons he is “ready to make his mark again in football” and Port Vale are set to be the beneficiaries of that quest.

The 30-year-old striker has been brought in by Darren Moore from West Brom to convert the chances the Valiants have been creating but not putting away.

It ends weeks of speculation that Cole would be rejoining his old manager Moore and he is excited to get going, making it clear it’s Moore, not necessarily the club, that swayed his decision to sign.

He told Port Vale TV: “It feels really good to get it over the line. Obviously, you said my name has been going about for the whole summer, and I don’t know where that came from.