From Middlesbrough to Manchester City, and back again to the north east of England. Tricky winger Adam Johnson has been sold to Sunderland in a £10m deal. The transfer should open the door for City to go ahead and sign winger Scott Sinclair from Swansea, but the Swansea chairman says that he’s not going to sell the star for as low as £5million.
Here are the latest Premier League news headlines:
- Manchester City’s Adam Johnson returns to North-East in £10m deal with Sunderland — The Telegraph
- Aston Villa’s Jean Makoun has joined Rennes on a season-long loan deal — Sky Sports
- Swansea complete signing of Ki Sung-yueng from Celtic for club record fee — The Telegraph
- Norwich have signed Norway midfielder Alexander Tettey from French club Rennes — Daily Express
- Arsenal hope to secure Theo Walcott’s future with new five-year deal — The Guardian
- Man City more cautious in transfer market as owners call for commercial sustainable — The Telegraph
- David Luiz is not for sale, says Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo — The Guardian
- Michu paying early dividends for Swansea City — The Footy Blog
- Ryan Shawcross has rejected a chance to play for Wales because he wants to play for England — Sky Sports
- Rio Ferdinand could return in action for Manchester United against Southampton — Man United
- Ljungberg announces retirement from football — Arsenal FC
- Ireland’s Damien Duff announces international retirement after winning 100 caps — The Telegraph
- Roberto Mancini refuses to give up chase for Roma’s Daniele De Rossi — The Guardian
- Southampton v Wigan: Cork out for Saints while Maloney and Beausejour face late tests — The Mirror
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4th isn’t a guarantee of anything for champions league as we learned last season. It has to be a minimum of 3rd to guarantee CL football. Willan at minimum will need to be purchased so we can push for top 3 before jan, then maybe a couple more signings in january window to guarantee it. Im sure Lennon will be injured, as will Defoe..it’s normal for these players unfortunately.
“Willan at minimum will need to be purchased so we can push for top 3 before jan…”
In other words Spurs want to buy 3rd place…
Sunderland have landed a very good winger and 10 million is a bargain given that Downing for instance cost twice that and Johnson is way better.
The deal is undisclosed. £10m is press speculation I think it be more like £16m as city don’t need to sell and he’s a current England international. A good buy for Sunderland in fact a good deal all round, shame it didn’t work out and good luck to him.
Best english winger for 10 million? Fantastic deal! I think 1-2 years of playing week-in week-out he will show everyone how great he is.