there's a rumour that Michael Bridges will be released on a free if Hull City go up, with Hartlepool the club that's being touted as his destination
that might make it easier for Porter to pick up his bags and bring them over
I feel the need to tell you that this is the third time Hartlepool have been linked to him. Last pre-season, during the line January transfer and this pre-season.
We've also been linked with Duffy and had offers turned down for him. We are once again linked with him for the third time.
We almost signed a player called Elding but the deal got hijacked by Leeds, leaving us with three strikers.
Signing a striker has been proving very difficult for Hartlepool, which is one reason why we could be reluctant to let him go as if we do then we've got 2 strikers and if we fail to sign a striker for the third transfer window running we'll be in trouble.