Johnson to Sunderland?
Adam Johnson
SUNDERLAND are poised to land Adam Johnson in a shock £10million raid.
Martin O’Neill made his out-of-the-blue swoop on Friday after Manchester City rejected his overtures about a loan deal.
City boss Roberto Mancini said: “Adam is a player who deserves to play because he is a good player but I can only play 11 players.”
Now England left-winger Johnson, 25, is expected to join his hometown club within days after initial talks went well.
The former Middlesbrough star has been outspoken about his limited first-team starts at the Etihad.
He earns around £75,000 a week at City and is set to join O’Neill and the Black Cats on a five-year deal.
The £10m initial fee also includes various add-ons, which could ultimately take it as high as £15m.
Johnson only signed a new five-year contract in January and his move back to the north east will come as a blow to Spurs, Liverpool and Everton.
But his departure paves the way for Mancini to bring in Swansea winger Scott Sinclair, who has been lined up for a £5m move to City.
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Actually during school life he didn't support anytime he wasnt that bothered with that part of football and he's actually from easington not sunderland
@releasethekraken he's actually not a Sunderland fan, his family are though and live in the North East so I think the move back up here will have been appetising, as well as the first team place guaranteed
posted 9 months ago / added by Charlton (elite) / reply
@releasethekraken That must have played a big part in his move there. What a crazy move.
posted 9 months ago / added by Kenny (elite) / reply
he's a sunderland fan so i think that's why he's being linked there. he signed a long term contract fairly recently so he'll be an expensive buy, and expensive wages too. that's why i can't see sunderland, liverpool or everton going for him
posted 9 months ago / added by releasethekraken (elite) / reply
Would love to see this lad at Sunderland always rated him highly and he does right leaving man city, think he will get his England place if he joins a mid table team... Fingers crossed on this one
posted 9 months ago / added by r03 (professional) / reply
@mrsentah As much as i him, i have to say he is nowhere near worth even 10 Mil, QPR record signing i think is still under 5 mil lol. Whoa, as a QPR fan i cannot admit he is better than Mackie... Mackie is a hero down these bits lool
posted 9 months ago / added by LawrenceQPR23 (elite) / reply
@LawrenceQPR23 QPR should sign him better Mackie! and you pay ridiciousl wages for payers past there prime. he would be a real coup?
posted 9 months ago / added by mrsentah (elite) / reply
Heard something about Everton being close to capturing johnson... I think he's better than sunderland and could fit into any team outside of the top 3 (utd city chel) I don't understand johnson being worth 15 million though... it's beyond me
posted 9 months ago / added by LawrenceQPR23 (elite) / reply
Liverpool should surely get involved and spurs - why go to the jackets- Newcastle don't need him. But he is a good olayer
posted 9 months ago / added by ateeq (elite) / reply
I for one will feel sick if this happened. He's not a player I think we need at OT if I'm honest but I would take him beuase he's English and left footed. But to go Sunderland would be a waste....
posted 9 months ago / added by Kenny (elite) / reply
@Charlton Probably not, will Ben Arfa, Gutierrez, Marveaux, Obertan, and Sammy Ameobi on the books, we don't really need him :p. He's just an English, overpaid equivalent of Ben Arfa imo (not quite as good though)
posted 9 months ago / added by MJLiddell (elite) / reply
@MJLiddell he's deffo a Newcastle fan, all his family are Sunderland thought so that's why people get confused, you reckon we will go in for him or not new him?
I don't think sunderland can afford him. They had spent massive with minimal success and all their signings have been free transfers
posted 9 months ago / added by removed_user (elite) / reply
@MJLiddell... maybe it's a common misconception. I just remember when he scored that cracker vs. Sunderland and the commentators said he scored against his childhood club or something like that.
posted 9 months ago / added by MB_Ktubes (elite) / reply
@MB_Ktubes Aye, I've read several times that he was born in Sunderland, but he is a Newcastle fan, not sure why exactly, but I'm fairly confident he's a geordie at heart!
posted 9 months ago / added by MJLiddell (elite) / reply
@MJLiddell... I think he is a Sunderland boy actually. At least I know his family are. It's a shame as I would have loved him at Anfield but you can't get everyone but I'm not sure if he is worth £15 million with that big wage. I would say £8 million player.
posted 9 months ago / added by MB_Ktubes (elite) / reply
He deserves to play more, I'd be surprised if he opted for Sunderland though, considering he is a Newcastle fan at heart. Then again, games time is game time, so he may well take it, and I wouldn't blame him!
posted 9 months ago / added by MJLiddell (elite) / reply
I think it would be a god move for Johnson & Sunderland. They seem short of quality out wide & he'd be getting the first football a player of his quality deserves. Also if Sinclair is thinkig abooout joining Citeh he should look at what has happened to Johnson & stay where he is.
posted 9 months ago / added by walshi1987 (elite) / reply