The big man has signed on an 18 month contract (shrewed by Sam) for about 3/4 million deal. If he has passed the strict medical, and can stay fit, we might just have a great player here.... http://www.safc.com/news/team-news/...team_news2016januaryblack_cats_sign_kirchhoff
Hope you're right about him, he hasn't played much football in the past 2 years and the prem league is a lot tougher than the continent leagues. This however does not make good reading for the club as a whole!!! Lorient’s vice-president has criticised Sunderland’s conduct after the Premier League side pulled out of a deal for Ivorian defender Lamine Koné. Sunderland had a bid accepted for the 27-year-old at the end of last month and Koné appeared set to become Sam Allardyce’s first signing of the transfer window last week. However, with Bayern Munich’s Jan Kirchhoff having been pictured at the club’s training ground on Wednesday as he arrived for a medical, Lorient vice-president Alex Hayes confirmed that the move for Koné is now off. “It’s quite outrageous,” Hayes told French newspaper Le Télégramme. “We gave Sunderland our consent last Tuesday, Lamine left the next day to have contract talks, but the player warned us there were problems in negotiating his contract. “Because of the holidays it dragged out until Monday. They tried to change the pre-agreed deal. Lamine called me to ask if he could return to Lorient and I told him with great pleasure.” Koné missed last weekend’s cup victory over Tours and will not be available for this weekend’s Ligue 1 fixture against Rennes after missing training. “Our defensive pillar was lost for the cup game against Tours and for the Rennes derby, for nothing,” said Hayes, who added that the club are now exploring legal options. “It’s quite outrageous on the part of Sunderland who, meanwhile, have negotiated with a Bayern player.”
This is official also: http://www.safc.com/news/team-news/..._campaign=newsteam_news2016januaryndoye_signs
All 6' 8" of Pants has gone.......(undisclosed fee?).....to Watford......good luck big man, thanks for everything
Another one....... http://www.safc.com/news/team-news/...ws2016januarylamine_kone_signs_for_sunderland
This one has been a bit messy really, I do hope however that he can help us, he has signed for 41/2 years so if we are relegated he will still be with us. The club is doing it's best to be getting rid of the crap that has been with us for too long now, I just hope Sam sticks around long enough to get us settled and for us not worry year in year out about our relegation battles. And CM------------where the hell is everyone else from here????
I don't know where everyone else is.....Roker is around, and we talk on game days, but he has lots on the go with work and home renos........I guess it is up to us to keep the flag flying high, until they all come back. Big Sam may not be finished wheeling and dealing just yet......and I do think he is in it for the long haul.
.....and another..... http://www.safc.com/news/team-news/...ewsteam_news2016januarykhazri_takes_number_22
Fletch is le-gone..... http://www.safc.com/news/team-news/...team_news2016februaryfletcher_joins_marseille
Well it has been eventful if nothing else, Fletch a 12 mill signing gone for free really, he is just off the wage bill, Sam has cleared out nearly all the dead wood and no doubt will be building HIS team for the future. IF we survive this season it will be interesting to see who or what he brings in, however if we go down, (and I think we will if I'm honest) we should have a good base of players able to give us a better chance to come back up. I find the Fletcher move very strange, no one to replace him means we are hoping DeFoe doesn't get injured, a big ask!!
I think that is why he brought in N'Doye in. Now we have Khazri tucked in behind them......I think we may be OK
Another Official Statement...... http://www.safc.com/news/club-news/...paign=newsclub_news2016februaryclub_statement This was coming after yesterday's admission........so sad really
CM FAR.TAZZ. I am also recovering, but I'm back!! It's almost a total different team since my last post, but it's Sunderland and that's all I need..... Looking forward to Man U tomorrow. Away the lads