Hello Sunderland fans, I just wanted to congratulate your signing of Giaccherini as I think that is a real coup. Just don't sign too many players and do a QPR !
It's not a case of too many, its getting players of the right mentality which what made Qpr come unstuck. Giacherini by all accounts very much is the right type of player any club would want. But we are all aware of the pitfalls to major overhauls. Thanks all the same though.
I merely meant when you buy almost a whole new team it takes time to gel and if that does not happen quickly you are in trouble in the Premiership.
Yeah we all have a little bit of concern there mate, but we have people like JOS with nearly 1000 games, should help. Getting them in early gives a full pre-season together, including overseas trips, as well, which again is massive.
At the moment, we are quite likely to start O'Shea, Westwood, Sessegnon, Johnson, 'Fletcher when he returns from injury' and possibly, Danny Rose. Players like Cabral, Diakite, Altidore and Giaccherini will improve upon what we had last season. Ba, Roberge, Watmore etc will be developed.
No news but he's probably having a kip after a long flight. SMB had a #perruziwatch tracking the plane - not even sure if that was the plane he was on. He's still on holiday according to his twitter account - but he hasn't updated it for a few weeks. https://twitter.com/giinopl
@SAFCsource There has been a delay in the transfer of Mavrias to ‪#‎SAFC‬ due to our new club doctor not taking over until Friday. http://bit.ly/13wH0qJ Παναθηναϊκός: Αναμονή για Καστιγιόν και… Μαυρία Συνεχίζονται οι συζητήσεις με τον Καστιγιόν, με τον ποδοσφαιριστή να μην περνά από ιατρικές εξετάσεις την Τετάρτη παρά το γεγονός ότι έχει έρθει στην Αθήνα για το τελικό στάδιο της μεταγραφής στον Παναθηναϊκό. onsports.gr
SUNDERLAND hope to clinch the signing of Gino Peruzzi today – bringing one right-back into the club just as another prepares to leave. Argentine defender Peruzzi is on Wearside after flying over from Buenos Aires yesterday. And the defender is expected to swiftly tie up a £3.3m deal before travelling onwards to Hong Kong to compete in the Barclays Asia Trophy with his new team-mates. Two officials from his club, Velez Sarsfield, made the trip with him, as Peruzzi arrived to complete a medical and finalise personal terms. Negotiations now are not expected to be long and drawn out, with agreements fully reached between the two clubs and Peruzzi happy with Sunderland’s improved terms. Once the deal is agreed, the 21-year-old will become Sunderland’s new first-choice right-back – replacing Phil Bardsley in that role. Peruzzi’s signing will confirm the end of Bardsley’s five-year stay at the Stadium of Light. The 28-year-old, a former Sunderland Player of the Season, has been ostracised by head coach Paolo Di Canio since photographs emerged of a late-night casino session in the run-up to the final game of last season at Spurs in May. Bardsley was fined and dropped for that game, after which he was harshly criticised by Di Canio, and did not travel with the team for their pre-season training camp in Italy. He will not travel with the squad to Hong Kong this weekend either. Instead, he played for Sunderland’s Under-21 development side yesterday in a goalless pre-season friendly against Southampton at the Academy of Light. It has been a chastening experience for the defender, but Fulham are now expected to bring an end his miserable last few months on Wearside. The Cottagers and Sheffield Wednesday were among the clubs most interested in him. But the Championship side have now dropped out of the running after realising they could not afford his wages. Fulham boss Martin Jol, though, will have no problem agreeing a package with the former Manchester United youth player, particularly as the Dutchman knows the unwanted defender will be available at a knock-down price. With Bardsley clearly not going to play for Sunderland again, the club want him off the books as soon as possible. And Fulham are expected to capitalise on the situation by agreeing a cut-price deal for a player who has made close to 150 starts for Sunderland since being signed by Roy Keane in January, 2008.
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http://www.not606.com/showthread.php/219301-Peruzzi-Mavrias-and-Giaacherini/page3 Any chance of merging all the double threads that are about the boards Mods? Pretty please. Bit Chaotic like
Thank you to the topic merger Looking forward to finalising this transfer, been going on awhile and we've still got a lot of work to do.
