{"id":472395,"date":"2019-07-03T12:21:11","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T16:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=472395"},"modified":"2019-07-03T12:21:11","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T16:21:11","slug":"sunderland-lee-burge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2019\/07\/03\/sunderland-lee-burge\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunderland Complete Deal for Goalkeeper Lee Burge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/sunderland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sunderland<\/a> today completed their second senior signing of the summer. Following the arrival of <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/07\/01\/conor-mclaughlin-sunderland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conor McLaughlin<\/a> on Monday, goalkeeper Lee Burge has signed. Burge arrives on a free transfer after his contract at Coventry City expired.<\/p>\n<h1>Sunderland Complete Lee Burge Deal<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en-gb\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rubber stamped.?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SAFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#SAFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xR4zJidO32\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/xR4zJidO32<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sunderland AFC (@SunderlandAFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunderlandAFC\/status\/1146448518556639236?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3 July 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Career So Far<\/h2>\n<p>26-year-old Burge had been Coventry\u2019s number one for the past two seasons. In total, he made 160 appearances for the Sky Blues. <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/06\/21\/luton-town-efl-calendar-middlesbrough\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Middlesbrough<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/05\/16\/lee-gregory-seven-others-leave-millwall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Millwall<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/07\/02\/transfer-rumours-hull-city-luton-town\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hull<\/a> City were also reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunderlandecho.com\/sport\/football\/sunderland-afc\/latest-sunderland-afc-news\/former-coventry-city-goalkeeper-set-to-become-sunderlands-second-senior-summer-signing-410234\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interested<\/a>; however, Sunderland acted swiftly to sign the keeper.<\/p>\n<p>Burge joined <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/06\/07\/coventry-city-groundshare-at-birmingham-city-for-2019-20-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coventry<\/a> as a youngster and rose through the ranks. Once he became the clubs number one goalkeeper, helped them win the Checkatrade Trophy and promotion from League Two. He was also named in the League Two Team of the Season. On City\u2019s return to League One, Burge impressed with his solid performances which attracted the interest of several clubs.<\/p>\n<h2>Keeper Required After McLaughlin Back-Ups Leave<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/07\/01\/george-honeyman-is-not-the-captain-sunderland-need-next-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sunderland<\/a> manager Jack Ross had just one senior goalkeeper in <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/05\/22\/sunderlands-jon-mclaughlin-unsung-hero\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jon McLaughlin<\/a> until today. Robbin Ruiter, who was number two last season joined PSV Eindhoven while Max Stryjek moved to National League side Eastleigh.<\/p>\n<p>McLaughlin was in outstanding form last season; however, Jack Ross needed back-up and competition for his number one. In Burge, the Black Cats have a very capable goalkeeper with plenty of experience at League One Level.<\/p>\n<h2>McLaughlin Staying<\/h2>\n<p>Scottish international McLaughlin has been subject to speculation linking him with a move away from the club. However, owner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chroniclelive.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/sunderland-owner-stewart-donald-insists-16509023\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stewart Donald<\/a> insists McLaughlin is going nowhere.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to rumours we have already lost out on 86 transfer targets, we won&#8217;t sign a player all pre-season. Now we have rumours about these two (McLaughlin and McGeady),&#8221; Donald tweeted.\u00a0Modern football is just full of people making up rubbish, trying to look like they are ITK. We are not trying to get rid.\u00a0They are staying.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"TPbmQG_STcpaC-RCEhxqqQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1089873692\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'TPbmQG_STcpaC-RCEhxqqQ',sig:'8o9Ki0YoVVqFZCemBw-RybF0MdPgRj6Iq6--94SABwc=',w:'594px',h:'472px',items:'1089873692',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunderland today completed a deal to sign goalkeeper Lee Burge. 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