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Michael Bentham

Michael Bentham

Sports Journalist · 6 articles

Adnan Januzaj- Another United man inbound?
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Adnan Januzaj- Another United man inbound?

David Moyes seems poised to make his fourth signing of the window as Adnan Januzaj looks set to join Sunderland on a season-long loan deal. Januzaj, who has found first team opportunities limited since Moyes’ departure, is unsettled at United and feels ‘humiliated’ by the club after being told by new manager Jose Mourinho that […]

Dutch frontman linked
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Dutch frontman linked

Reports today have linked Sunderland with a move for Wolfsburg striker Bas Dost. Dost is the latest name to be connected with Sunderland who are clearly looking to strengthen up front during the summer transfer window- both Diafra Sakho and Edin Dzeko have also been mooted as possible alternative transfer targets. Whilst both Sakho and […]

Edin Dzeko: A Sakho alternative?
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Edin Dzeko: A Sakho alternative?

In the past 24 hours, numerous reports have surfaced suggesting that Sunderland have bid £11million pounds for Roma striker Edin Dzeko. Originating from Gianluca di Marzio’s website, reports suggest that Sunderland have offered the striker £140,000 a week to make the switch to Wearside. Despite these reports, there has to be a level of scepticism […]

Fabio Borini – An Unlikely Reunion?
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Fabio Borini – An Unlikely Reunion?

A Sunderland transfer window would not be the same without talk of a move for Fabio Borini. Forever ingrained in Sunderland fans’ hearts after his goals against Newcastle, Borini has developed something of an unlikely cult hero status on Wearside. However, last summer Borini rejected a £14million permanent move to the Stadium of Light in […]

The Cattermole Conundrum
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The Cattermole Conundrum

Lee Cattermole is a player who divides opinion amongst Sunderland fans, one side can argue that he is an iconic tough tackling anchorman and the other presents him as an ill-disciplined liability. With the score at 3-0 after 24 minutes at the King Power Stadium last Saturday, Cattermole made way for Steven Fletcher as Sunderland desperately […]

Transfers: Quality or Quantity?
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Transfers: Quality or Quantity?

A successful transfer window at the Stadium of Light has been somewhat elusive in recent years and after yesterdays 4-2 drubbing at the King Power Stadium, one is left to wonder- will this window be the same? Previous transfer windows have lurched between two extremes of policy- quantitative and qualitative. With Congerton having brought in […]