Sunderland AFC News And Banter Page: 35 mins · @GFN_France Breaking: Sunderland have reached a fee agreement with Lorient for the signing of defender Lamine Koné. More to follow. (L'Équipe)
Fast forward to about 40 seconds. He looks big, strong, plenty of pace, loves to bring the ball out of defence.
Looks decent there like. Lets hope it isn't curse of the youtube video. His first move I'd have played his team mate in on the left at the 51 second point by dinking a diagonal ball but that's just me.
Ha, it's also only Ligue 2 he's playing in as well. Looks like he has the attributes to do well over here though...
Wouldn't have thought so mate. Although he could have been watching this lad for a while so might think he's the real deal.
Remi Garde at Villa too. The deal is for a few million, reportedly. Ignore me, Lorient are Ligue 1, the report I read definitely said Ligue 2 though...
Is the lad a centre back or a winger? That video doesn't really help imo, it shows him going forward more than defending... I'd be fuming if he tried most of those moves in the Prem, we'd get punished every time.
TED My thoughts exactly. He looked like he was playing in a league that had banned tackling, having said that he's a big lad who is not frightened to have the ball at his feet so if he comes then happy days.
Looks like he can play right, left, centre back, midfield and striker from that video. He's got a decent header and a good turn of pace and certainly likes to get forward As TCD said - not much defending shown there.
