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Seb Larsson and John O'Shea will make their first appearances of pre-season for Sunderland against Montpellier HSC, the club has confirmed.
The duo were given an extended break after their Euro 2016 exploits and haven't played a minute of any of the four pre-season games to date.
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But they will get their first run-out tomorrow in the final match of the tour of France against Montpellier HSC.
The game will be played at the Stade Jacques Forestier in Aix-les-Bains (5pm kick-off UK time).
First team coach Robbie Stockdale said: "John and Seb joined the squad on Sunday and the plan is to get them some minutes on Saturday against Montpellier.
"Both players are naturally fit but with summer tournaments and a later return date the recovery process is as important as the work period, so they’ve had three days with the sports science department and then three days with the team before playing on Saturday."
Jan Kirchhoff enjoyed his first run-out of pre-season in the 3-2 win over Dijon FCO and Stockdale says it will give the German a huge boost.
"Jan Kirchhoff will feel better for the 90 minutes and although he huffed and puffed towards the end we kept him on.
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