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Fri 06 Jun 2009Yeates set to join up with Southgate
SOCCER IRISH PLAYERS ON MOVE:AS MARK Yeates moved closer to completing his move to Championship side Middlesbrough last night, there was renewed speculation that Stephen Hunt might be about to travel in broadly the same direction with reports in the area that Sunderland are about to revive their interest in the Republic of Ireland midfielder.
Yeates, a former under-21 international who left Spurs a couple of years ago having failed to make an impact on the first-team squad, enhanced his reputation considerably over the last year with Colchester, scoring 12 goals in 42 appearances, mainly in midfield but also, on occasion, in attack.
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