{"id":659060,"date":"2025-09-01T14:46:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T18:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=659060"},"modified":"2025-09-01T14:46:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T18:46:34","slug":"deal-confirmed-dutch-international-defender-joins-sunderland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/09\/01\/deal-confirmed-dutch-international-defender-joins-sunderland\/","title":{"rendered":"Deal Confirmed: Dutch International Defender Joins Sunderland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunderland have completed the signing of Dutch international defender Lutsharel Geertruida from RB Leipzig. The deal is an initial loan with the Black Cats having the option to buy the versatile defender next summer for around \u20ac20 million.<\/p>\n<p>The transfer is another sign of Sunderland\u2019s intent to stay in the Premier League this season and beyond. The deal was confirmed via <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.safc.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">safc.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Deal Confirmed: Dutch International Defender Lutsharel Geertruida Joins Sunderland<\/h2>\n<h3>Comfortable in Defence and Midfield<\/h3>\n<p>Lutsharel Geertruida is the type of player that Sunderland like to sign. A player who is a natural in one position but is also very comfortable playing in others. New loan signing Lutsharel Geertruida is primarily a right back but is just as good playing in the centre of defence. He has also played in central midfield and at left back.<\/p>\n<p>With the Black Cats set for a tough season, despite their impressive start, players such as Geertruida and others who have signed that are capable of playing in more than one position could prove invaluable.<\/p>\n<p>6ft 1in 25-year-old Lutsharel Emiliano Geertruida began his career at Feynoord, playing over 200 games before joining RB Leipzig for a fee of \u20ac20 million in 2024. The defender is also a full international with 17 caps currently for the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/08\/01\/sunderlands-survival-not-guaranteed-but-they-have-chance\/\" target=\"_self\">Sunderland Giving Themselves a Great Chance This Season<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Lutsharel Geertruida on Joining Sunderland<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking after his move was completed, the <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.safc.com\/news\/2025\/september\/01\/geertruida-arrives-on-loan\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new Black Cats signing said<\/a>: \u201cFirst of all, I want to thank God for this opportunity, and I also want to thank the Club for their trust in me. I\u2019ve always wanted to play in the Premier League, and I\u2019m so excited now that my opportunity is here.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are new to the league, so we need to fight, and I want to be a part of that. I\u2019ve seen the recent games and think the group looks fresh and energetic. Now, I just want to be as important as possible for this Club. I\u2019m ready, and I can\u2019t wait to see the fans in the stadium.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunderland have completed the signing of Dutch international defender Lutsharel Geertruida from RB Leipzig. The deal is an initial loan with the Black Cats having the option to buy the versatile defender next summer for around \u20ac20 million. The transfer is another sign of Sunderland\u2019s intent to stay in the Premier League this season and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":632857,"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":[4,30,3,22,28],"tags":[32582,7625,7388,6579,148],"class_list":["post-659060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bundesliga","category-news","category-premier-league","category-sunderland","category-transfers","tag-lutsharel-geertruida","tag-rb-leipzig-news","tag-sunderland-news","tag-sunderland-transfer-news","tag-transfer-window"],"modified_by":"Barry Dixon, LWOF Site Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659060","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=659060"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":659078,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659060\/revisions\/659078"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}