Sunderland also failed in a late bid to sign goalkeeper Mike ‘Mika’ Domingues from Boavista on a two-year deal. But the club will make an enquiry with FIFA to see if the deal can still be completed. All of the paperwork was completed at Sunderland's end, the hold up was at Boavista's end and Sunderland will now appeal for leniency. Should that fail, Sunderland will appeal to the Premier League for special permission to bring in a goalkeeper on an emergency loan given the three-month injury to Vito Mannone. Moyes confirmed the club is still looking to sign a goalkeeper to provide cover and competition for England Under-21 international Jordan Pickford, who has withdrawn from the England squad with a slight thigh strain. It is not thought to be serious. "We are still working," said Moyes. "We got an injury [to Vito Mannone], we want to try and give Jordan the chance to show what he can do, he is another young player here. "But we will definitely have to get a cover, of some sort, or somebody who can challenge Jordan." Read more at: http://www.sunderlandecho.com/sport...haven-t-given-up-on-boavista-keeper-1-8101300
I'll go one better, Pickford actually has more league appearances in his career than Vito so we could argue he's the more experienced of the two. I know it's skewing the figures to fit my point - lies, damned lies, and statistics...
Perfecter point. Skew away mate, things are nowhere as bad as as some think (now that is something that could come back and haunt me).
