Good words about the club from former Iron loan midfielder Jack Cork inspired Krystian Pearce to sign for the club.

The on-loan Birmingham City centre-back is here until at least January and has made a big impression at the heart of the Scunthorpe back four so far.

I spoke to Corky about it before I signed and he said it was a good club and that they should be up and pushing for promotion" Pearce told the Scunthorpe Telegraph.

"I spoke to him before I knew Scunthorpe were interested in me and he was just honest with me and wasn't trying to sell it to me.

"He was right with everything he said.

"Out of all the clubs that were interested, I thought Scunthorpe had the best chance of getting promotion, so that's why I picked United."