Aberdeen. The Scottish international knows there is a genuine expectation for the Dons to be successful and that has been cranked up as they have gone seven games without a win.
That big-club pressure he is more than schooled in, with Rangers and then in the Bundesliga 2, as he tried to get giants Hamburg back into the top flight.
Bates said: “I don’t think it is hard to adjust to it being a big club. I’ve played at big clubs before, so I know the pressures that go with it.“You have to win every game or it’s not good enough.
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