{"id":656127,"date":"2025-06-24T15:09:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T19:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=656127"},"modified":"2025-06-24T15:09:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T19:09:00","slug":"sunderland-transfer-rumours-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/06\/24\/sunderland-transfer-rumours-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunderland Transfer Rumours: Talks Underway for Winger, Plus Roma Fullback Linked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not long before Sunderland return for pre-season training and the club appears to be stepping up their search for new recruits ahead of the Premier League season. Today\u2019s Sunderland transfer rumours include an impressive French winger with talks reportedly underway, plus an ambitious move for a Spanish fullback currently playing for Roma.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/05\/29\/sunderland-return-to-the-premier-league\/\" target=\"_self\">Sunderland&#8217;s Return to the Premier League: A Story You Could Not Write<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Sunderland Transfer Rumours: Talks Underway for Winger, Plus Roma Fullback Linked<\/h2>\n<h3>Talks Underway With French Winger<\/h3>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/story\/_\/id\/45573559\/sunderland-eye-sassuolo-winger-armand-lauriente-source\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESPN<\/a> and the <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.sunderlandecho.com\/sport\/football\/sunderland-afc\/sunderland-transfer-news-as-roma-angelino-5193047\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sunderland Echo<\/a> have reported that the Black Cats have opened talks to sign French winger Armand Laurient\u00e9 from Italian side Sassuolo. The winger who can play on both sides, signed for Sassuolo in 2022 from Regis Le Bris\u2019 former club FC Lorient. He has since gone on to become a standout player in Serie B, helping his club win promotion to Serie A by winning the league<\/p>\n<p>In Italy, he has registered 31 goals and 18 assists in 102 appearances. Sassuolo could be open to allowing the 26-year-old to leave if a fee can be agreed.<\/p>\n<h3>Sunderland Could be About to Make an Ambitious Move for Fullback<\/h3>\n<p>Sunderland and Roma could be about to do further business this summer. The Black Cats completed the signing of Enzo Le Fee earlier in the transfer window after a successful loan spell, and they also look set to recruit Roma\u2019s former Sporting Director Florent Ghisolfi, who left his role with the Italian giants last week.<\/p>\n<p>Now the newly promoted Premier League club are being linked to Spanish fullback Angelino. <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.sportitalia.it\/2025\/06\/24\/esclusiva-si-sunderland-piace-angelino-della-roma\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SportItalia\u2019s<\/a> Carlo Pozzoli has claimed that the 28-year-old is of interest to Sunderland, who are looking to bolster their fullback options.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old signed permanently for Roma last summer for \u00a35 million following a loan spell and has made 71 appearances in total for the club. The Spaniard has also had spells at Manchester City, PSV Eindhoven, and RB Leipzig and represented his country at youth level.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/06\/24\/the-dirtiest-players-in-the-game-ever-xi\/\" target=\"_self\">The Dirtiest Players in the Game Ever<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not long before Sunderland return for pre-season training and the club appears to be stepping up their search for new recruits ahead of the Premier League season. Today\u2019s Sunderland transfer rumours include an impressive French winger with talks reportedly underway, plus an ambitious move for a Spanish fullback currently playing for Roma. 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