Sunderland battle with Mag rivals for Â£10m-rated defender

Magpie007 · 07-06-2008, 01:43 PM

SUNDERLAND could face competition from deadly rivals Newcastle United for a Holland centre-back, according to reports.
The Black Cats and Geordies are said to be tracking Â£10m-rated defender Joris Mathijsen, with Blackburn Rovers new boss Paul Ince also said to be interested, according to the News of The World.

The 28-year-old Hamburg centre-back started all but one of his country's games at Euro 2008.

Black Cats boss Roy Keane, who has a Â£50m transfer kitty, is anxious to land a central defender after Jonny Evans' return to Manchester United.

Mathijsen moved to Germany from AZ Alkmaar two years ago for Â£7.9m, but his displays this summer have seen his value soar.

Martha · 07-06-2008, 01:49 PM

Would be great if we could get somebody like that in at centreback. After losing Evans we are going to need a quility replacement if we even want to do as well as we did the end of last year.

Magpie007 · 07-06-2008, 01:51 PM

if it ice of Newcastle or Sunderland he'll sing for us

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Magpie007 Administrator Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Newcastle (ish) Posts: 1,353 Thanks: 5 Thanked 14 Times in 13 Posts Nominees Submitted: 0 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts Has Not Won Any TOTM Yet	Sunderland battle with Mag rivals for Â£10m-rated defender SUNDERLAND could face competition from deadly rivals Newcastle United for a Holland centre-back, according to reports. The Black Cats and Geordies are said to be tracking Â£10m-rated defender Joris Mathijsen, with Blackburn Rovers new boss Paul Ince also said to be interested, according to the News of The World. The 28-year-old Hamburg centre-back started all but one of his country's games at Euro 2008. Black Cats boss Roy Keane, who has a Â£50m transfer kitty, is anxious to land a central defender after Jonny Evans' return to Manchester United. Mathijsen moved to Germany from AZ Alkmaar two years ago for Â£7.9m, but his displays this summer have seen his value soar. __________________ http://www.zazzle.com/magpie007.

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07-06-2008, 01:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
Martha Mackem Bunny says: Collins! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: South Shields. Posts: 197 Thanks: 4 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts Nominees Submitted: 0 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts Has Not Won Any TOTM Yet	Would be great if we could get somebody like that in at centreback. After losing Evans we are going to need a quility replacement if we even want to do as well as we did the end of last year.