Striker Jermain Defoe will only leave Sunderland in this transfer window if Sunderland receive an offer they simply cannot refuse, according to manager Sam Allardyce. Sky Bet Arsenal v Sunderland Arsenal 1/4 Draw 19/4 Sunderland 10/1 Football Betting £10 Completely Free The former England striker
I like his style. Anyone who describes a relegation fight as "going to be fun" is alright in my book. He also runs like a baby giraffe!
It's probably a more honest interview because his English isn't fantastic (better than my German mind) so it's a lot more difficult to script. I have been known to be wrong though
Did a youtube search for him, and this at the top of list ! Played it while sitting at my work desk, thank god no one was looking over my shoulder
Update on Kone deal falling through: Might not be completely dead in the water. It appears Lamine Koné has now spoken of his transfer collapse to French paper Quest-France. As we know the Lorient defender was due to sign for the Black Cats but the deal broke down during the final stages of contract negotiations. However according to reports in France Koné has had this to say on the matter: "I can't say that I won't move over to England in this window. The demands I made and the demands Sunderland made differed. The deal is closed for the moment, but I don't know if they'll come back in for me or not. For now, I am under contract until 2017. Nothing has been signed with Sunderland. Officially I am still Lorient. I'll get back into training. If I have to play, I'll play. There are still three weeks of the transfer window, everything is possible if there are clubs that are still pursuing me. Why not? Now there was a first deal not made with Sunderland. This is football. These are things that are growing. It's like that. It's not just Sunderland. There are other clubs. There are some proposals. But they are not official." More interestingly his agent has also apparently chimed in with some new information: "We had two similar offers. A Sunderland and the other Norwich. But we opted for Sunderland because it was the most interested club and most in need of a defender. But once there, it went wrong. Sunderland has offered 6.5 million euros to Lorient and a contract of 4 and a half years to Lamine. The player started part of the medical examination. But there has been a disagreement in the contract clauses. The transfer window is still long. Lamine Kone still has time to realize his dream." Whether bringing negations to a close is all brinkmanship on the part of Sunderland, in the hope that the player reduces his contract demands, or the deal is genuinely dead in the water remains to be seen but either way these latest quotes suggest that the player is still extremely keen on a move to the Premier League and it will no doubt put a few other teams around us on alert.
Sunderland appear to be planning to buy a handful of players during the January transfer window and are getting on with their way of doing that. France's Ligue 1 has been a subject of much interest from the Premier League club and they've made another approach for a fresh player. The latest man to have caught the Sunderland attention in France is Damien Da Silva, a 27 year old currently playing for Caen. French newspaper L'Equipe explain that Sunderland contacted Caen, presumably this week, in the hope of signing Da Silva. However, the player turned the approach down, with L'Equipe saying he 'does not wish to join the Black Cats, who are struggling to remain in the Premier League'. L'Equipe's claims will most probably be correct, and it presents the question if Sunderland are looking for more than just Jan Kirchhoff. Lorient's Lamine Kone spent more than a week in England as Sunderland tried to change the terms of a deal, according to his French club, and the defender then decided to go back to his current club, annoyed with the circus surrounding a potential Premier League move.
I reckon he didn;t want to take a wage cut if we went down - that'll be the issue with the contract clauses.
Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce is searching for a new forward and a right-back after completing his first signing of the January transfer window in the form of centre-back Jan Kirchhoff from Bayern Munich, according to the Sunderland Echo. Embed from Getty Images The Black Cats are taking the opportunity to strengthen this winter in order to try and fight off the threat of relegation, as they currently sit second from bottom - four points adrift from safety. The Sunderland Echo carries quotes from Allardyce identifying these areas, with the Sunderland boss saying: "I think we look further up the pitch now, as long as we can become more defensively sound with Jan and when Younes (Kaboul) gets fit again. “Jermain got us two goals against Aston Villa which changed the game for us. “That’s the importance of people who are capable of taking chances. “The more and more chances they’re capable of taking, then the more points you pick up, as long as we keep the resilience side of our team right."
We should be going for Austin. He's the type of forward we need and he should be cool with relegation clauses seeing as he's already playing in the Championship. I think we'd be a realistic step up for him that he'd want to take if we put a bid in.
ter Jan Kirchhoff completing his move from Bayern Munich yesterday, it is widely expected that Sam Allardyce will target a striker and a right back as he looks to strengthen his squad. That striker appears to be Trabzonspor striker Dame N'Doye. According to reports in Turkey, former Hull City striker N'Doye is set to join Sunderland on loan until the end of the season after an unsuccessful spell with the Super Lig side. N'Doye joined Trabzonspor in the summer after Hull were relegated from the Premier League but has failed to make an impact in Turkey, with just one cup goal to his name so far this season. The 30-year old had better luck at Hull, scoring 5 goals in 15 games for Steve Bruce's side, including a goal against Sunderland at the KC Stadium. Should N'Doye's move be confirmed, he will compete with Jermain Defoe and Steven Fletcher as Sunderland's main striker, with Danny Graham expected to depart before the end of the transfer window. See below for some highlights of our potential new signing:
News Feed You're seeing posts from Sunderland AFC News And Banter Page first. please log in to view this image Sunderland AFC News And Banter Page 27 mins · Sunderland have agreed a deal to sign former Hull City striker Dame N'Doye on loan, sources have told ESPN FC. N'Doye is currently playing in Turkey with Trabzonspor, but he has struggled to make an impact at the club and they are willing to let him go out on loan. Sunderland boss Sam Allardyce is determined to bolster his attacking options in this month's transfer window and he has identified a move for the Senegal international. ... See More please log in to view this image Sunderland set to sign Dame N'Doye on loan from Trabzonspor - sources Sunderland have agreed a deal to sign former Hull City striker Dame N'Doye on loan, sources have told ESPN FC. espnfc.com
