Ji dong-won.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.possibly another howler, but who knows.

Sunderland open talks with striker Ji Dong-Won
by James Hunter, Evening Chronicle
Jun 10 2011

The Black Cats are understood to have agreed a fee of around £1m with K-League side Chunnam Dragons for the 20-year-old, who scored four goals for South Korea in this year’s Asian Cup.

The 6ft 1in frontman also scored for his country this week in their 2-1 friendly win over Ghana – a game that also saw Sunderland’s Asamoah Gyan on the scoresheet for the Black Stars.

Dong-Won is one of a clutch of strikers being pursued by Sunderland boss Steve Bruce as he looks to strengthen his threadbare attack.

Fraizer Campbell’s long-term knee injury, Darren Bent’s departure to Aston Villa in January and the return of on-loan Danny Welbeck to Manchester United has left Bruce with £13m record buy Gyan as his only frontman as things stand.

And Bruce wants to bring in three more frontmen over the summer to fill the gaps.

Sunderland have already agreed a £3m fee with Liverpool for French striker David N’Gog, but the 23-year-old is currently stalling to see if there is any other interest from elsewhere.

Bruce is also considering a £9m bid for Ipswich Town hot property Connor Wickham.

Sunderland had a £6m offer for the 18-year-old rejected last summer, but the sale of Bent for £24m and Jordan Henderson for £20m means they have the money to up the ante.
Liverpool have also been strongly linked with the England under-21 international, but Sunderland can offer first-team football, while at Anfield Wickham would be behind Luis Suarez and former Newcastle hitman Andy Carroll in the pecking order.

But the man Bruce wants to land above all others is Spurs’ England targetman Peter Crouch – although he may have a hard time convincing Harry Redknapp to sell.

Redknapp insisted this week that he wants to hang on to Crouch, saying: “Crouchy is a good player. I like him. He is a great lad and I love him as a fella. He is not one I’m looking to shift.

“We are looking to bring a striker in but he is not one of those that we are looking to sell, if we can help it.”

The problem for Bruce is that Redknapp wants to sign Gyan, and Spurs may try to include the Ghana frontman in any deal for Crouch.

But that would not suit Bruce, who wants to add to his attacking options rather than bring one striker in, only to lose another.

Bruce missed out on Crouch two years ago, when the former Portsmouth man turned down a move to Sunderland in favour of joining the Londoners.

Sunderland are also interested in Crouch’s teammate Roman Pavlyuchenko, but it is unlikely the Russian will be keen on relocating to the North East


Harry can play Brucie , and he knows it.

 

Anyone remember a certain Dong Gook Lee? Another Korean that had un-doubted talent, whatever happened to him?

 

i remember a Young Lee Sharpe

 

Well Harry would ****ing say that he wants to keep him so he can claw as much as he can out of us i say £10m and throw Defoe in as well lol

 

Dong-Won, N,gog, try saying that ****er fast,

 

he went too the 2010 world cup and came on in the second round!

 

Is that that tart with a mixer on her head,,,,,,,BLENDA

 

Syd will need to make sure his dog is securely teathered up!

 

Anybody remember the last two chinamen we signed, We-Won-Once and How-Long-Since

 

We're back in for two Dutchmen though. Cowie Van Hire and Hertz Van Rental.

Oh, the old ones are the best..........................