As long as it takes to seal the deal without robbing ourselves. We could have snapped Alonso up weeks ago if we just threw money at it. But isn't that the mistake we're trying to learn from? This deal is on fella, it's quite right that we've got enough self respect to drive a hard bargain. To toughen up in the transfer market patients was always an attribute we'd need to install. After all, wasn't half the problem with the club for so long that we brought in too many secondary and tertiary targets? They're not primary targets for a reason fella. I think it's daft to turn to the last resort so early in the window.
Julian Speroni (Crystal Palace) Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik (Stade Rennais) Santiago Vergini (Estudiantes) Marcos Alonso (Fiorentina) Caner Erkin (Fenerbache) Gordan Bunoza (Wisla Krakow) Will Buckley (Brighton) Marc Albrighton (Aston Villa) Raul Meireles (Fenerbache) Matt Grimes (Exeter) Josh McEachran (Chelsea) Diego Capel (Sporting Lisbon) Fraizer Campbell (Cardiff) Fabio Borini (Liverpool) Martin Kelly (Liverpool Moussa Sow (Fenerbahce) Bafetimbi Gomis (Lyon) Ever Banega (Valencia) Jordon Mutch (Cardiff) Daniele Dessena (Cagliari) Giannis Maniatis (Olympiakos) Christopher Forrester (St Pats.) Billy Jones (West Brom) Jordi Gomez (Wigan) Costel Pantilimon (Man City) Michael Mancienne (Hamburg) Kevin Chaurand (Celaya) Luis Pedro Cavanda (Lazio) Ashley Williams (Swansea) Tom Ince (Blackpool) Luca Cigarini (Atalanta) William Vainqueur (Standard Liege) Luciano Vietto (Racing Club) Kolbeinn Sigthorsson (Ajax) Paulinho (Livorno) Curtis Davies (Hull) Ross McCormack (Leeds) Yeltsin Tejeda (Saprissa) Morgan Amalfitano (Marseille) Rene Adler (Hamburg) Bryan Ruiz (Fulham) German Lux (Deportivo La Coruna) Geoff Cameron (Stoke) Kurt Zouma (Chelsea) Andreas Christensen (Chelsea) Lewis Baker (Chelsea) Victor Moses (Chelsea) Panagiotis Kone (Bologna) Diego Poyet (Charlton) Enner Valencia (Pachuca) Jose Holebas (Olympiakos) Djamel Mesbah (Parma) Timothee Kolodziejczak (Nice) Mathieu Valbuena (Marseille) Jack Rodwell (Man City) Nabil Bahoui (AIK) Emmanuel Emenike (Fenerbahce) Troy Deeney (Watford) Jordan McGhee (Hearts) Jamal Lascelles (Nottingham Forest) Jose Gimenez (Atletico Madrid) Virgil van Dijk (Celtic) Carl Jenkinson (Arsenal) Rod Fanni (Marseille) Christian Fuchs (Schalke) Muhamed Besic (Ferencvaros) Dorin Rotariu (Dinamo Bucharest) Michael Babatunde (Volyn Lutsk) Max Clayton (Crewe) Craig Mackail-Smith (Brighton) Charlie Austin (QPR) Samuel Eto'o (Chelsea) Davide Astori (Calgiari) Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City) Giancarlo Gonzalez (Columbus Crew) Tim Cahill (NY Red Bulls) Ki Sung-Yueng (Swansea) Raoul Cedric Loe (Osasuna) Cristian Rodriguez (Atletico Madrid) Carlos Bacca (Sevilla) Leandro Rodriguez (CA River Plate) After 14 new names were linked with the club last week, we only have nine new entries this time. Those nine take our running total to a very impressive 81. Obviously the big news this week is Sunderland and Liverpool agreeing a deal that could see Fabio Borini return to the Stadium of Light. The fee of £12m + £2m add-ons would be a club record equalling deal and is reliant on the player agreeing personal terms with the club and passing a medical. There have been rumours emerging from Italy that the player has no interest whatsoever in returning to Sunderland and had told Brendan Rodgers that he wishes to remain at Liverpool but those rumours have been roundly dismissed by usually very solid journalists close to Liverpool, even if there is still quite a bit of work to do before we see Borini wearing the red and white shirt once again. Brendan Rodgers has confirmed Liverpool have accepted Sunderland's bid, and Gus Poyet was also happy to talk about the deal, saying after Sunderland's 5-1 win at Darlington; What I can say is that we have agreed (a deal) with Liverpool, we are waiting for correspondence and then we move on from there. It's clear the impact Fabio had last season and we are going to spend that amount of money on a player that we know how much he can give us. He would be perfect for us. It's an ongoing thing. We have done the steps that we needed to do properly, and now we are waiting. We want to do things the right way. The correspondence is likely to be written permission from Liverpool that allows Sunderland to speak to their player but we should hopefully hear about Borini travelling to the North East in the coming days. He has been named in Liverpool's travelling party for their pre-season tour of America which leaves on Sunday, should he not travel with the rest of the squad expect imminent updates regarding his impending transfer. Another former loanee has been rumoured to have been the subject of a bid from Sunderland, as Sunderland make a £2.2m bid for Marcos Alonso that would also see Modibo Diakite heading in the opposite direction, if reports out of Italy are to be believed. Both players played for their current clubs yesterday, notably with Alonso yet again playing on the left hand side of a three-man central defence rather than his customary left back role. As the players wish to return to the clubs they spent successful loan spells with last season and the head coaches of both clubs hoping to resign the players, expect this deal to go through eventually, even if Sunderland have to increase their offer for the Spaniard. Aston Villa were believed to be close to signing Ki Sung-Yueng earlier in the week, however the player's agent quickly refuted those reports, which in turn led to Sunderland being linked with a move for the former loanee once again. Although Ki is a talented player and fits Poyet's style beautifully, Poyet himself clearly went cold on the player as the season drew to a close. After speaking in glowing terms about Ki's impact in February and saying he hoped to sign him on a permanent basis, those were comments he did not repeat, despite similar and repeated comments since about Borini, Alonso and Vergini. Sunderland were linked with a move for USA international Matt Besler this week, with the Sporting Kansas City defender himself claiming Fulham had made a bid for him and that Sunderland had either made a bid themselves or were about to. However his claims were quickly rubbished with the local press insisting that no bid would be forthcoming from Sunderland. Besler did get what he wanted yesterday though, with the interest from elsewhere helping him secure a lucrative designated player contract with his current club. Another central defender who impressed at the World Cup was linked with the club this week, in the shape of Costa Rica international Giancarlo Gonzalez. Although not a rumour that gained much traction in England, the player was strongly linked to the club abroad, however all those links for the Columbus Crew defender originated from a Mirror article which suggested a player from the World Cup that each Premier League club should sign, so not a rumour we should pay much attention to. The last central defender to be linked with Sunderland this week was Davide Astori of Cagliari. The Italian interntional was said to have been offered to Sunderland, who have asked to be kept informed about the player, with the player himself believed to be willing to move to England should any potential deal to be agreed. Astori had agreed terms with Lazio, while he waited for the clubs to agree a fee but the Cagliari president Tommaso Giulini has said he will never sell to Lazio. It still seems more likely that the player will remain in Serie A, despite the reported interest of Sunderland, Manchester United, Tottenham, Everton and Leeds United, as we have apparently gone back in time 10 years. Further proof that we have gone back in time a decade comes with our next link, 34-year-old Australian international Tim Cahill. The player who had an obsession with scoring against Sunderland during his time at Millwall and Everton looks to be open to a return to England after a successful World Cup. It could be argued that Cahill would provide a bit of nous and experience that we have been lacking in midfield since the departure of Bolo Zenden but Sunderland are believed to be looking for much younger players this summer and will not pursue the New York Red Bulls man. Back in 2014 and our most intriguing link of the week is with Atletico Madrid's Uruguayan international Cristian Rodriguez. According to Spanish daily MARCA, Gus Poyet is keen to add his compatriot to the Sunderland squad ahead of the new season. As much as 'Cebolla' is a good player, he has made no secret of his desire to leave Atletico in search of more regular playing time and coming off the back of the World Cup, it's likely another case of the club being used to drum up interest in the player, particularly as Poyet being in charge of Sunderland means it's an easy link to make. Another midfielder we can probably discount is Osasuna midfielder Raoul Cedric Loe. Sky Sports claim Sunderland are keeping tabs on a player Osasuna are hoping to move on this summer due to him only have one year left on his contract but once again it smacks of our name being used as his agent looks for potential buyers, rather than any genuine interest on our part. We were credited with an interest in Sevilla striker Carlos 'Chewie' Bacca by the Daily Star, who also claimed Everton and Southampton were keen on the 27-year-old but the price tag of £14m slapped on his head by Sevilla, as well as his lack of Premier League experience means we can rule this one out. Our final link of the week is with Leandro Rodriguez of Uruguayan side River Plate. The 21-year-old striker is likely to join Sunderland in the Winter transfer window according to the president of his club Alvaro Silva. We will have to wait and see if that there is any truth in that but we certainly need to bolster the ranks up front behind the established first team strikers of Altidore, Fletcher and Wickham. In outgoing news, Real Betis are believed to have agreed a deal with Sunderland to sign Alfred N'Diaye but while the Spanish second division club struggle to afford his wages, the player himself is hoping to convince Poyet to keep him in his plans, which makes the efforts of Betis to convince the player to move down a division an even more unlikely prospect. La Liga side Malaga may test N'Diaye's will to force his way into Poyet's plans, with the side who finish 11th in the Spanish top flight last season thought to be mulling over a move for the player. Valentin Roberge has seen a loan offer for his services from Braga rejected but there are also clubs in Serie A and La Liga interested in the player, which could in turn spark Ligue 1clubs to make a move for the 27-year-old. Finally (it's finally because I am pretty sure we are all sick of this saga at this point), despite Newell's agreeing a deal in principle with Sunderland over the sale of Nacho Scocco and the player already agreeing a five-year deal with his former club, the player is still on the books of Sunderland due to our reluctance to pay a sell-on fee to Internacional as we believe we were not able to properly utilise the player. This delay has given hope to River Plate, who have named the striker as their number one transfer target and are hoping to convince him to join them instead of Newell's, their cause is helped by their apparent willingness to pay Sunderland's outstanding payment to Internacional but their interest seems destined to end in disappointment with Scocco making it clear that he wishes to return to Newell's.
The centre-back is in demand, with Sunderland and Everton both ready to pay £8million to prise him out of the Yorkshire club. http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/newcastle-plot-curtis-davies-transfer-3659323
I can imagine him being a genuine target mate, fits the bill, broken face will probably offer him his daughter though
With the transfer window in full swing, ESPN FC's Sunderland blogger Colin Randall discusses how the Black Cats side are shaping up ahead of the new season. IN -- Billy Jones (WBA free), Jordi Gomez (Wigan, free), Costel Pantilimon (free, ex-Man City). OUT -- Phil Bardsley (Stoke City, free), Jack Colback (Newcastle United, free), Craig Gardner (free, WBA), David Vaughan (free, Nottingham Forest) Expected budget Manager Gus Poyet and director of football Lee Congerton have a fund estimated at 15 million pounds, which will be more if money is raised from any future sales. Jack Colback, Craig Gardner and Phil Bardsley left for nothing, out of contract, but fees could materialise if Adam Johnson, Jozy Altidore or Connor Wickham left. Dismal returns on the generous resources made available to former bosses Steve Bruce, Martin O'Neill and Paolo Di Canio will have left Sunderland owner Ellis Short unwilling to be stung again, but he knows failure to strengthen the squad significantly would almost certainly lead to another nail-biting scrap at the bottom. Progress, so far, has been slow. Rate your business so far 3/10. The arrival on free transfers of Billy Jones, a solid defender from West Brom, Wigan's creative midfielder Jordi Gomez and the giant goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon, a former understudy to Joe Hart at Manchester City, must surely be filed under useful rather than spectacular. Poyet can live without the wholehearted but limited Bardsley and Gardner, gone on free transfers, but Colback's defection to North-eastern rivals Newcastle United -- also on a free -- was a bigger loss. The absence, by mid-July, of any truly inspiring signings is a cause for concern but not alarm. But action, for team balance as well as supporters' morale, is needed soon. Poyet has said he wants most of his squad in place by the time they head off for training and friendlies in Portugal at the end of the month. His problem is one all Sunderland managers face but supporters do not always appreciate: how to persuade seriously good players to move to an unfashionable area of England and play for a yo-yo club. High wages for targets at or near the end of contracts offer the most realistic option; loans, irritating as they are to fans, are next best. Who should be sold? The legacy of Di Canio and director of football Roberto De Fanti is a sorry one, their blitz of signings a year ago producing only three players worth keeping: goalkeeper Vito Mannone, attacking midfielder Emanuele Giaccherini and the obligatory "one for the future," striker Duncan Watmore. Permanent deals ensuring the departures of Cabral, David Karlsson, Modibo Diakité, Valentin Roberge, Charis Mavrias and El-Hadji Ba would at least have the benefit of slashing the wages bill. Poyet may also sell Altidore, who would scarcely be missed after his wretched form last season. There is uncertainty about Connor Wickham's commitment to the club (or the club's to him) and Adam Johnson's future is under constant scrutiny. Most supporters, remembering the debacle of Darren Bent's 2011 sale without hint of replacement, would insist on big new acquisitions being lined up before Wickham or Johnson could safely be allowed to leave. I would much prefer to keep both. Who should be signed? Fabio Borini, for whom a deal worth 14 million pounds, including add-ons, has been agreed to with Liverpool, would be a highly popular permanent signing after his impressive loan season in 2013-14. The signs were not encouraging -- taking Borini and his agent's public comments at face value -- even before Luis Suarez was sold to Barcelona, and the player is still reported to be unenthusiastic about the move. Persuading him to return to the North East, would be a major coup for Poyet. Poyet clearly wants to sign another former on-loan player. Marcos Alonso was a star in the last half of the season and would be mightily welcome on a permanent transfer. Steven Fletcher's return to fitness eases Sunderland's problems in front of goal but Poyet -- rightly -- seems intent on broadening his options. Ashley Williams used Sunderland's interest as a negotiating tool before signing a new contract to stay at Swansea. But how Sunderland supporters would rejoice if Max Clayton, after his trial period at the club, turned out to be the next Kevin Phillips. They would be forgiven for not, just yet, holding their breath. Problem solving: What do you need? Every area of the team featured prominently, for good and bad, in last season's breathtaking mix of great cup runs and constant fear of relegation. In the Premier League, bad generally triumphed over good until a glorious run of late form, with wins at Manchester United and Chelsea, brought salvation. Goalkeeping was the least of Poyet's problems, Mannone deservedly ending a desperate survival campaign as player of the season. The signing of Billy Jones, and the attempts to bring back Alonso and another loan signing, Santiago Vergini, would settle issues at fullback. Seb Larsson, outstanding in the run-in, has extended his stay and can cover in that role when required. Wes Brown and John O'Shea must have at least one more season each to offer at the highest level, but both are injury-prone and Poyet will know he needs at least one more dependable centre-back. Sunderland's midfield -- Lee Cattermole, Liam Bridcutt, Johnson, Gomez and Larsson -- still looks thin. Ki Sung-Yueng's form dipped after a strong mid-season, but despite being linked with Aston Villa, he would be welcomed with open arms by many of Sunderland's faithful. Perhaps Nigeria's Michael Babatunde, a reported target, would be a more viable solution. Which leaves the attack. The market -- for buyers, not sellers -- is always crowded, suggesting that Poyet will have to make do with what he has plus a sensational discovery (Clayton?) and someone no one else in the Premier League wants but suddenly finds form at the Stadium of Light. Otherwise, another troubled season looms.
A lot of this is pure ****e,sell mavrias,karlsson,cabral and ba,well 3 out of the four are young and are for future we have to start keeping the youth. 15 million to spend some how i don't think so. We don't know how much we have to spend,if we only have 15 million to spend well it will have all gone if the borini deal comes off. What bollocks this article is
How can us be a Yo-Yo club when we been in the league for 8 year's now? what a prat he is. Rubbish Article end of.
Agreed. ****ing rubbish, I'm starting to consider a career in sports journalism, free pension, free health and dental care not to mention a career of doing **** all but write poorly informed ****e. Easiest job on the planet.
Matias #35‏@matipaganini @chinoodisio @tuchoanimal Ojo que hoy dijeron que Teo va al Sunderland por 9 millones de euro, a River le corresponden 4,5 de esa plata... Teofilo Gutierrez Signing for us for €9m it says
I remember the name Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2006 Barranquilla 28 (16) 2007–2009 Atlético Junior 93 (47) 2010–2011 Trabzonspor 23 (8) 2011–2012 Racing Club 41 (22) 2012 → Lanús (loan) 2 (1) 2012 → Atlético Junior (loan) 18 (5) 2012–2013 Cruz Azul 28 (9) 2013– River Plate 27 (7) National team‡ 2009– Colombia 32 (13) 29 years old, cant imagine us spending £9m on that
News that Newlls have matched River Plate's offer on Scocco of 2.6m and the sale will now go through. http://www.ole.com.ar/newells-old-boys/Operacion-retorno-Scocco_0_1178882343.html Betis still chasing Alfie http://www.realbetisbalompie.es/es/...l-dominguez-platas-repasa-la-actualidad-verdi
Seems its ston not us http://www.insidespanishfootball.co...race-for-colombian-striker-teofilo-gutierrez/
