FORMER Sunderland loanee Wayne Bridge is set to join Championship outfit Brighton. Bridge is on the verge of sealing a season-long loan from Manchester City, with Gus Poyet’s side paying a fraction of the left-back’s wages – reportedly just £10,000 of his £90,000 weekly wage at the Etihad Stadium. The 31-year-old was Martin O’Neill’s first signing as Sunderland boss after the ex-England international arrived in the final throes of the January transfer window on a loan deal until the end of the season. Bridge made 10 appearances for the Black Cats and had been keen to convert his loan switch into a permanent deal. But Bridge did not do enough to convince O’Neill of his long-term worth and he returned to City with a year still remaining on his contract with the Premier League champions. Certainly, Bridge had little chance of featuring under Roberto Mancini again after just one appearance for City last season, in September’s Carling Cup third round. Brighton have now moved to make an ambitious bid for Bridge, with City happy to let the former Chelsea man ply his trade elsewhere.
Real Mallorca centre-back Ivan Ramis, who has been linked with a move to Aston Villa and Sunderland, says he is keen to secure a switch to the Premier League. by @SkySportsLewis 11:03 AM
Regarding Ramis i wrote a peice on him yesterday for a site Freshfootball.co.uk... I dont want him as a sunderland fan http://freshfootball.co.uk/#/blog/4560568303/Villa-and-Sunderland-battle-for-defender/2859846
i wrote it mate but the facts are the vice president of real malorca said premier league teams want him and sunderland and villa have scouted him in the last few months so although we havent confirmed or denied anything (officially) we are linked with him
1st Sorry if I offended you 2nd Ok the presedent of there club 3rd that is what I mean we havent confirmed or declined anything
why whould you offend me? nobody has said sunderland are involved but they are very likley to be involved (if that makes sence)
Niall thanks for your comment on my artical i will be writing more for sunderland over the weeks so will let you know when to everyone else it is a good website for football news with alot of different wirters and stuff so check it out http://freshfootball.co.uk/
MARTIN O’Neill will seek clear-the-air talks with Kieran Richardson when Sunderland return for the start of pre-season this week. Richardson’s future is shrouded in doubt as he enters the final year of his contract, with a batch of interested Premier League clubs monitoring the availability of a player who is the longest serving in the current squad. After five years on Wearside the player is understood to have expressed doubts about his Black Cats career in private towards the end of last season and Sunderland blocked a move for him in January. Arsenal expressed an interest in him, but O’Neill needed experienced players in the second half of last season and, to his credit, he continued to turn in consistent performances in a variety of positions. But his future is far from certain now. Everton, West Brom and Premier League newcomers West Ham and Reading are all ready to offer him a new start away from the North East – and Sunderland’s hand would be considerably weaker if Richardson reaffirms his desire to leave this week. But O’Neill is keeping an open mind about the player’s future, and would ideally like to keep him at the Stadium of Light if possible. He will seek to clarify Richardson’s intentions on Wednesday, when the majority of the first-team squad report back. Former Manchester United midfielder Richardson has filled in at left-back, left midfield and central midfield over the last couple of seasons and that versatility makes him a valuable asset to O’Neill, who has no appetite for the kind of complete overhaul that Steve Bruce oversaw last summer. Ideally, he would prefer to add just three or four pedigree performers and the loss of Richardson, who would not command much of a fee in the final year of his contract, would be a setback. Sunderland are back at work this week and will only have one new face among their ranks, former Aston Villa defender Carlos Cuellar. O’Neill is happy to bide his time on other targets, fully aware that Wolves will try to extract the maximum possible amount for Black Cats targets Matt Jarvis and striker Stephen Fletcher. Sunderland also like Blackburn’s Stephen Nzonzi and Manchester City’s England international Adam Johnson, although they know that particular chase is likely to go right to the wire. But talk of Junior Hoilett coming to Sunderland appears fanciful, with the winger currently casting around for the best possible deal. He was on the verge of moving to Germany, but a deal fell through on wage grounds, and with Sunderland looking to rein in their spending it would be a surprise if they were to offer the sort of package that the Canadian winger is looking for. Read More http://www.journallive.co.uk/safc/s...eran-richardson-61634-31351982/#ixzz20Dh4ssFu
Hey. Just thought. If this is a "sticky", perhaps we should get all our players on a Bostik. Sorry. Bosnich. x
