{"id":659042,"date":"2025-09-01T16:16:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T20:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=659042"},"modified":"2025-09-01T16:50:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T20:50:30","slug":"sunderland-sign-striker-described-as-a-great-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/09\/01\/sunderland-sign-striker-described-as-a-great-talent\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunderland Sign Striker Described as a \u201cGreat Talent\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunderland have completed the signing of striker Brian Brobbey from Dutch giants Ajax for a fee believed to be around \u20ac20 million. The deal was confirmed by Sunderland\u2019s official website, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.safc.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">safc.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The deal will allow Marc Guiu to return to Chelsea from his loan deal. Guiu scored against Huddersfield Town in the League Cup recently, but will now leave the Black Cats and return to London following the injury to the Blues&#8217; striker Liam Delap.<\/p>\n<h2>Done Deal: Sunderland Sign Striker Brian Brobbey<\/h2>\n<h3>Liverpool and Dutch Legend Describes Brobbey as a \u00a0\u201cGreat Talent.\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>Liverpool legend Virgil van Dijk once called his fellow Dutchman Brian Brobbey a \u201cgreat talent\u201d. Speaking to the <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/virgil-van-dijk-liverpool-ajax-25364579\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liverpool Echo<\/a>, he said: \u201cI think he\u2019s a great boy. He is a great talent and basically has everything. He is fast, strong and can finish well.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>The Striker Sunderland Need in the Premier League<\/h3>\n<p>Brian Brobbey has all the attributes that Sunderland will need to survive their first season back in the Premier League. A finisher who is strong, can hold the ball up under pressure, bring others into play, and assist others in scoring.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old is a full international and currently has 71 goals to his name. Here is a look at him in action, showcasing his abilities:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5Em0gYr8UbI?si=BaS9CFD4XSIhOPHD\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/09\/01\/sunderland-strike-agreement-lutsharel-geertruida\/\" target=\"_self\">Sunderland Strike Deal for Defender<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>New Black Cats Striker Talks About Move to Wearside<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking after signing his five-year-deal, new Sunderland striker Brian Brobbey spoke about his move to Wearside. <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.safc.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">He said<\/a>: \u201cIt feels great to be a Sunderland player. I spoke with Nordi Mukiele, who I know from my time in RB Leipzig, and he told me about the Club, the fans, and how it feels like a family.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I first talked with Sunderland over a month ago, and I have seen the stadium and the fans this season, and I can\u2019t wait to be a part of that passion. It\u2019s emotional to say goodbye to Ajax, as I grew up here and I\u2019m going to miss everyone, but the Premier League is the biggest stage in the world, and I\u2019m ready for this next chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunderland have completed the signing of striker Brian Brobbey from Dutch giants Ajax for a fee believed to be around \u20ac20 million. The deal was confirmed by Sunderland\u2019s official website, safc.com. The deal will allow Marc Guiu to return to Chelsea from his loan deal. Guiu scored against Huddersfield Town in the League Cup recently, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":657781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[22,8426,8425,30,3,28],"tags":[7725,9315,9009,4875,7388,6579],"class_list":["post-659042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sunderland","category-ajax","category-eredivisie","category-news","category-premier-league","category-transfers","tag-ajax-news","tag-ajax-transfers","tag-brian-brobbey","tag-summer-transfer-window","tag-sunderland-news","tag-sunderland-transfer-news"],"modified_by":"Barry Dixon, LWOF Site Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659042","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=659042"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":659094,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659042\/revisions\/659094"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}