image: Sunderland manager David Moyes was pleased with their deadline day swoop for Didier Ndong. Ndong who joined the Black Cats from Lorient for a fee of 16m euros. “We had been pushing to bring in Ndong for quite a while, but we kept getting the message back that he wouldn't be leaving," Moyes told theEvening Chronicle. “It was only two or three days ago that it opened up and there was a chance that we might be able to sign him. “We like the look of him, he has good energy, he is young, he will improve with time. “I think he has a personality to his play. “I'm not saying he is another N'Golo Kante, but there is a bit of that in his makeup." Read more at http://www.tribalfootball.com/artic...-priority-signing-4145029#Po75T1F120ZkheMu.99
Sunderland Lorient chief - we rejected three Sunderland bids SUNDERLAND, UPDATED: SEPTEMBER 04, 2016 12:42 PM VIEWS: 351, BY CLUBCALL Lorient president Loic Fery says he rejected three bids of £10m-£13m from Sunderland for Didier Ndong before agreeing to the £16m deal. The Black Cats eventually got their man on transfer deadline day when the 22-year-old midfielder was confirmed as David Moyes' biggest signing of the summer transfer window. And Fery has revealed how persistent Sunderland were in their pursuit of the Gabon international. He told Ouest France: "The deal did not happen overnight. Three times we refused the departure of Ndong for 12m, 14m and 16m euros. "But when the last offer, twenty million, and probably a little more with add-ons, arrived, his departure became inevitable." Fery explained how much the fee that Lorient will receive for Ndong represents in terms of the club's annual budget. "On the one hand, because there was this offer, which represents 50 per cent of the budget of the FCL, but also because the player could increase his salary by ten or twelve times (over the five-year contract)," he added. And the Lorient president also stressed the human elements behind the club's decision to part with their best player at a time when they have lost their first three matches of the Ligue 1 campaign. "We do not play football manager," added Fery. "Behind this transfer, there is a man, a team, a club. "Keep Didier Ndong against his will and him not being able to play? It was not a situation where we wanted to be. "Didier Ndong has not been sold by FC Lorient, he was bought by Sunderland!" Read more at: https://www.clubcall.com/sunderland/lorient-chief---we-rejected-three-sunderland-bids-1824322.html
Im back in Amsterdam now from Kenya the internet in Kenya is ****e and its hard to keep up, anyway get off me case or ill tell me mam and she will...... kick him ass
Cheers for that, mate. This has certainly squashed my fears, after learning the French media were pissing themselves at the transfer fee. I like the bit at the end, which suggests the player himself wanted to be here, and not there
An out of the blue purchase like this is either going to make Moyes look a genius if he turns out to be class or an idiot if he's **** and he was desperate to get him. My money's on the former, I'm looking forward to seeing what he's like.
Sam absolutely nailed it didn't he. From my experience Moyes is known for being good in the market, at least at an ok side. Mind, he got stick for taking Fellaini to United but he's still there getting games for them. Transfer wise, I reckon he knows his stuff, it might even be his specialty as a manager.
I understand why that one happened at least even if I don't rate him. I didn't expect much from a 34 year old Pienaar either but he's got something about him.
