BBC · Jan 10, 2025
Hull bring in ex-Boro midfielder Crooks from MLS
Image caption, Matt Crooks last played for Middlesbrough against Chelsea in an EFL Cup semi-final in January 2024Hull City have completed the signing of Matt Crooks from MLS side Real Salt Lake.
The midfielder returns to England 12 months after leaving Middlesbrough to head to America, where he made 33 appearances.
Crooks, 30, played 115 games for Boro before his switch and he has now agreed a two-year-deal at MKM Stadium.
"I'm grateful to Salt Lake for the experience and what they were able to give me; it was something I always wanted to do as a kid and that's one thing ticked off that I always wanted to do," Crooks told Hull's official website, external.