Good move for him. Hope the lad plays 25+ games and can get back to the player he was before we signed him.
Hopefully he learns his trade as a defender because currently he's not good enough going forward to be a winger and he's way off being reliable in a back 4. Talented lad though and a loan could be the making of him if he gets his foot in the door and plays regularly.
Pembele won’t be missed. Really poor when he’s played here. Good luck to the lad though, hopefully gets a good run of games back in France.
Leaves us short at fullback though. Huggins is injured and Zak Johnson isn't a RB. LB depth isn't any better either
We won't miss Pembele but we are definitely short at fullback and it's a priority for me to get some cover in. At least Johnson can play there and defend even if he's understandably ropey in attack.
Being 5 hours behind most of you, I’m expecting to wake in the morning with 40 pages to catch up with!
One would like to assume that if we are letting Pembele go then we surely must have someone lined up for that position?
A striker and full back on top of the three reported midfielders. I'll miss all the drama until around 7pm tonight with work being manic.
Sunderland will launch an audacious attempt to sign prolific Lyon youngster Gift Orban to finally solve their striker woes, Sunderland Nation understands The Sunderland recruitment team have built exceptionally strong links within the French market, and they are confident they can pull off what would be a significant coup and sign Orban on loan.
Worth pointing out that Fishpaste’s main sources are agents, absolutely no chance we are getting him.
