please log in to view this image Newcastle rival sold Khazri on Sunderland move NextPrevious 0 Jan 30, 2016 21:03:33 New Magpies signing Henri Saivet's positive review of the north-east of England persuaded his ex-Bordeaux team-mate to make the switch to the Premier League Wahbi Khazri says that a conversation with friend and new Newcastle United signing Henri Saivet played a part in his move to rivals Sunderland. The Black Cats signed Khazri from Bordeaux on Saturday for a reported £8 million, with the attacking midfielder penning a four-and-a-half-year deal. Saivet joined Newcastle from Bordeaux on a five-and-a-half-year deal earlier this month and proved influential in selling a switch to north-east England to Khazri. "I'm very happy to play for Sunderland," Khazri told Sunderland's official website. "It is amazing because I wanted to play in the Premier League; for me it is the best league in Europe so I'm very excited and I can't wait to play games. "I spoke with my friend Henri Saivet who plays for Newcastle so he knows all about Sunderland, and he said it is the best league and that the people are fantastic." Khazri joins Sunderland with the Wearsiders four points adrift of safety and sitting 19th in the Premier League. "My qualities are technique and I'm very combative," the 24-year-old added. "Football goes very fast and if you win two games you can move up the table. "We now have three very important games against Manchester City, Liverpool and Manchester United."
They help us get players. They help us build confidence in friendlies. They give us points when we play them. It`s so nice to have good neighbours.
never a truer word spoken mate, most of your lot look like the cast of Deliverance, every time i hear a banjo play i think of your lot.
Ha. Safe to say Saivet doesn't give a toss about the rivalry or the relegation fight. Who does that in the January window? and Saivet is ****.
