Sunderland In Brobbey Talks & Agree Geertruida Loan

Sunderland are successful talks to motion Ajax striker Brian Brobbey and person agreed an first indebtedness woody for RB Leipzig defender Lutsharel Geertruida.

The recently promoted Premier League broadside want to motion a guardant aft Chelsea opted to callback loanee Marc Guiu arsenic screen for Liam Delap, who has sustained a hamstring injury.

Brobbey, 23, could move to nan Stadium of Light for a reported £21.6m.

The striker has 8 caps for nan Netherlands and has scored 56 goals pinch 24 assists successful 163 matches for Ajax successful each competitions.

Meanwhile, Sunderland person agreed an first indebtedness pinch an action to bargain for his Dutch compatriot Geertruida, taxable to nan 25-year-old completing a aesculapian connected Monday.

Geertruida who is chiefly a right-back, played 35 matches for Leipzig past play but is being allowed to time off nan German nine conscionable a twelvemonth aft joining from Feyenoord.

He is expected to go Sunderland's 13th signing of nan summer, adding to caller defenders for illustration Nordi Mukiele, Omar Alderete, Reinildo Mandava and Arthur Masuaku successful head Regis Le Bris' squad.

Sunderland person already spent £141.5m successful nan transportation window, which is conscionable short of Nottingham Forest's £142m successful nan summertime of 2022, a British grounds for a promoted club.

They person besides signed midfielder Habib Diarra for a nine grounds £30m from Strasbourg, winger Simon Adingra from Brighton for £20.5m and midfielder Granit Xhaka from Bayer Leverkusen for £17.3m.