Hartlepool United have signed Aristote Nsiala from Grimsby Town on a free transfer as confirmed by the club website.
The defender was highly rated by the Mariners and was one of their star players as they gained promotion from the Vanarama National via the play offs. However he was a number of their key men that found themselves out of contract following their promotion.
And Grimsby were keen to keep Nsiala at Blundell Park after his impressive performances there last year but he has decided to turn down that contract and sign a deal of undisclosed length with Hartlepool.
After the deal was completed, Hartlepool head coach Craig Hignett said: “He’s big, quick, aggressive, good in the air and is a defender who defends – he’s everything you’re looking for,”
Nsiala started his career at the Everton academy before moving to Accrington in 2012 after a successful loan spell. He would go on to have an unusual spell in Vietnam where he played for TDCS Dong Thap though he returned in 2014 and played for Southport before signing for Grimsby.