David's Miles Better After Hamburg

David Bates insists he has arrived back in Scotland a better player.

- Scott Burns

The 24-year-old penned a three-year deal at Aberdeen just before transfer-deadline day after three years at Hamburg.

Bates now wants to repay the faith Stephen Glass has shown after a long-term pursuit to bring him back from Germany.

He left Rangers in 2018 and made an instant impact under Hamburg coach Christian Titz – only to suffer an injury before his second season there.

By that time Hannes Wolf was in the hotseat and preferred other defensive options. Bates then had loan spells at Sheffield Wednesday and Cercle Brugge but is in no doubt he returns a much better player than the one who departed these shores.