Transfer Rumours Sunderland to bring in Lorient centre half Lamine Kone on loan

Sunderland to bring in Lorient centre half Lamine Kone
Lorient centre half Lamine Kone on loan after resurrecting deal

• Sunderland are signing defender Lamine Kone from Lorient on loan
• Black Cats agreed a £5million fee for Kone before pulling out of the deal
• Sam Allardyce has made an offer worth £11m for Swansea's Andre Ayew

By SIMON JONES

PUBLISHED: 00:56 GMT,




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Sunderland are signing Lamine Kone from Lorient on loan after resurrecting the transfer.

The Senegal centre back was left in limbo earlier this month after Sunderland agreed a £5million fee only for manager Sam Allardyce to say the deal was off days later.

Lorient threatened to take action but now Sunderland have returned to negotiate a loan deal instead.

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Sunderland are signing centre back Lamine Kone from Lorient on loan after resurrecting the transfer

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Kone, 26, will sign until the end of the season before discussing a possible permanent move.

Allardyce remains eager to sign another striker and has made an offer worth £11million for Swansea hitman Andre Ayew.

The die-hard Liverpool fan is open to leaving Swansea after their disappointing campaign but Swansea insist he is not for sale.

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Sam Allardyce remains eager to sign another striker and has made an offer for Swansea's Andre

 

I'd be happy with all of the above!

 

As long as it's clause isn't "If Sunderland stay up they must buy this player"

 

This has become a Peruzzi story.

 

He's on the TV now playing for Lorient at home to Monaco. It's on BT Sport Europe.

 

Yep just read that. So god knows whats happening.

 

We haven't freed enough wages to bring anyone else in yet so that's why he'll be playing for them today.

 

How`s he doing? Does he look decent?

 

Lorient had to put their strongest team out for today so it shows that they think a lot of him, to play him in this match when his head has been turned..

 

He's had nothing to do yet, it's all Lorient. The player we should be looking at is Ndong, he looks a cracking midfielder, he's ripping Monaco a new one

 

Monaco have come out 2nd half and bagged a couple of goals, completely against the run of play. Gassama, the right back who turned us down, was at fault for the first goal. That first goal when the Monaco player took his shot, it hit the bar and bounced over the line. The players didn't originally know that and the Monaco player reacted quicker than Kone and put it over the line. The 2nd goal was a free kick, and all the players in the wall, jumped. Apart from Kone who turned his body slightly from it and lifted one of his legs as high as he could to protect himself, unbelievable.

I really wanted him, but watching this, I'm not so sure now..

 

I said mate, he's really not that good. Gassama is usually at fault for at least one goal per game as well.

 

Aye, they were the two suspect defenders. The other centre half didn't look that good either. The left back, Raphael Guerreiro, I'd take him. He looks class and he's only 22.

 

This would only happen to Sunderland -lol

 

Sounds about as good as Kirchhoff's attempt at a "block" yesterday!

 

I've just got back this morning so haven't seen any of the highlights yet. Is they even any point asking how he played now?

 

No. Honestly youd only regret it.

 

What would?

 

Am I to understand Kone is John Mensah's Ghanain successor? If so, I don't believe he won that place easily. I'll take him.

Edit : MY MISTAKE - HE'S FROM SENEGAL - APOLOGIES ALL.

 

Player we going to imminently sign playing in a match -

Lets hope no injuries