Borini may leave on season-long loan
got. You’ve seen experienced people fail, you’ve seen new people been given a chance and been successful – people like Jaap Stam, first time.
“Look at Gareth Southgate, what has he done? He’s at England at the top of the tree.
“Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t and, if you get a good feel to it, that’s how it is.”
When asked what sort of football does a Dwight Yorke team play, Yorke said: “Attacking football.
“There’s another side of football as we all know, but what’s the point of playing football and being negative?
“I’m not a negative kind of person. I assume, from my conversation, that doesn’t exist.
“We play attacking football but in the right way.
“At times you’ve got to close up shop and play a certain way but I would like to line-up in an attacking formation.” REPORTS in Italy suggest Sunderland are set to offload Fabio Borini, but they may get less than £1m up front for him,
According to Il Messaggero, Lazio are proposing taking Borini on a season-long loan, with a permanent £4m move at the end of it. The initial loan fee, however, would be 1m euros, around £880,000.
Such arrangements are commonplace as clubs look to spread the cost of signings. Buying players from England is particularly difficult for Italian clubs because of the gulf in the financial strength of the two leagues which were once the other way around.
Sunderland, though, need to raise as much money as possible from player sales this summer. They are £110.4m in debt and even with a parachute payment to cushion them, face a huge shortfall in revenue by dropping from the Premier League into the Championship. They will therefore be keen to cut all ties with a player who clearly does not want to be at the Stadium of Light next season by selling him immediately.
They have already driven a hard bargain by making Jordan Pickford the third most expensive goalkeeper in history. The Washington-born goalkeeper has never played for England and the early signs were that Everton were not prepared to meet the asking price, but the £30m fee – including £5m add-ons – they agreed to is a reflection of his potential.
On the other hand, a release BERWICK Rangers have taken their total of new signings for the 2017-18 season to three following the arrival of young Hearts midfielder Andrew Irving.
Irving, who is only 17, has been signed on a development transfer from the Edinburgh side with a view to him gaining valuable senior experience.
Until now he has been a regular in the Jambo’s U20 team. Irving is highly rated by staff at Tynecastle, where he made his U20 debut at the tender age of 14 years old, and played an important part in the side that managed a midtable Development League finish last season.
He joins fellow newcomers, goalkeeper Robby McCrorie and defender Oliver Fleming whose signings had been announced previously.
McCrorie has been signed from Glasgow Rangers on a season long deal and is a highly rated Scotland U19 goalkeeper. clause in his contract allowed Fleming, who is 18, Jermain Defoe to agree to join joined the Shielfield Park Bournemouth on a free transfer – outfit from Sauchie Junthe deal is yet to be formally iors. announced but the striker has Manager John Coughlin confirmed it – and the value of says he is pleased with the centre-back Lamine Kone has youthful additions to his dropped dramatically since West squad, but is looking to Ham United and Everton were seemadd a few more experiingly desperate to sign him 18 enced players in the buildmonths ago. He is by no means the up to the new campaign. only player whose stock fell during Meanwhile, Berwick are Sunderland’s relegation campaign. to hold a pre-season open
There had been suggestions day at Shielfield on SaturBorini had a clause allowing him to day, July 1. leave for £6m if the club was There will be a training relegated. session on Old Shielfield
His agent, former Black Cats’ at 11am followed by a first director of football Roberto De Fanti, team v U20s match on the suggested the reports were main pitch at 2pm. Fans premature by saying no formal who turn up to watch the offers had been submitted. training will be given an
In Sunderland’s favour is the opportunity to mix with fact Lazio are not the only the players. interested club. Milan have also Berwick will kick off been linked and Celtic’s their pre-season proBrendan Rogers has worked gramme with a game with the forward at Chelsea, against Consett on TuesSwansea City (on loan) and day, July 4. This will be folLiverpool. He would like
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