{"id":624289,"date":"2023-06-08T07:30:36","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T11:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=624289"},"modified":"2023-06-08T07:54:28","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T11:54:28","slug":"sunderland-transfer-news-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/06\/08\/sunderland-transfer-news-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunderland Transfer News: Agreement Reached for Transfer of Defender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/06\/03\/sunderland-transfer-rumours-3\/\" target=\"_self\">Sunderland<\/a> have announced via their official website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.safc.com\/news\/team-news\/2023\/june\/safc-reach-agreement-for-nectarios-triantis\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">safc.com<\/a>, that an agreement has been reached to sign Australian defender Nectarios Triantis. The centre-back becomes the first signing to be confirmed by the Black Cats this summer as they look to strengthen their squad following a successful first season back in the Championship where they reached the playoffs.<\/p>\n<h2>Sunderland Transfer News: Agreement Reached to Sign Defender Nectarios Triantis<\/h2>\n<h3>New Black Cat Looking Forward to Moving<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking on the move, Triantis said: \u201cThe opportunity to join such a prestigious Club is an honour and I\u2019m really looking forward to heading to England and meeting my new teammates later this month. I\u2019m ready for the challenge ahead and can\u2019t wait to get started. I would like to thank Nick Montgomery and the Central Coast Mariners for giving me the platform that led to this exciting next chapter in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa\u2708\ufe0f\ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc65\udb40\udc6e\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc7f <\/p>\n<p>See you soon, Nectarios \ud83d\udc4a<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SAFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#SAFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sunderland AFC (@SunderlandAFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunderlandAFC\/status\/1666745776997793792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><b>Sunderland Transfer News: Who is Nectarios Triantis?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Nectarios Triantis is a 20-year-old central defender and is being signed from Australian club Central Coast Mariners for a reported fee of \u00a3500,000. The deal is subject to international clearance.<\/p>\n<p>Triantis is a U23 international and is set to play for his country in the\u00a0Maurice Revello Tournament in Toulon this month. He will travel to Wearside following the completion of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>He recently helped Central Coast Mariners to the A-League title in his first and what looks likely to be his only season with the club.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Markup__ParagraphWrapper-sc-13q6ywe-0 eezLhF markup\">\n<p>Australia under-23s coach\u00a0Tony Vidmar was full of praise for the player, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunderlandecho.com\/sport\/football\/sunderland-afc\/latest-sunderland-afc-news\/sunderland-afc-transfer-news-cats-could-seal-bargain-signing-by-acquiring-defender-linked-with-crystal-palace-says-international-coach-4172061\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he said<\/a>: \u201cHe never shirks a tackle, is a tough, tough guy in those one-on-one situations and is a player who\u2019s very comfortable on the ball.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Markup__ParagraphWrapper-sc-13q6ywe-0 eezLhF markup\">\n<p>\u201cI think he\u2019s a team-mate that you want in and amongst your group, he comes out as a fantastic individual, and that\u2019s what you want. He\u2019s very well-rounded. If Sunderland do sign him I think they\u2019ve got a bargain there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Main Image<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?search=sunderland+stadium&#038;title=Special:MediaSearch&#038;go=Go&#038;type=image<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunderland Transfer News: The Black Cats have announced that they have reached an agreement to sign Australian defender Nectarios Triantis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":624290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32,33,1369,28],"tags":[2798,6579],"class_list":["post-624289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-league-football","category-championship","category-sunderland-league-football","category-transfers","tag-australian-a-league","tag-sunderland-transfer-news"],"modified_by":"Barry Dixon, LWOF Site Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}