Sunderland na kusa da kammala cinikayyar da ta kai kusa da £30 miliyan don siyan dan wasan Lyon mai suna Malick Fofana, inda dan wasan mai shekaru 21 yake tafiya zuwa Ingila don gudanar da gwajin lafiya kafin sa hannun kwantiragin shekara biyar.

Kudin siyan na farko ya kai £25.6 miliyan, tare da £4.3 miliyan na ƙarin kuɗi masu alaƙa da ayyuka. An fahimci cewa Fofana, wanda yake wakiltar Belgium a matakin ƙasa da ƙasa, yana da sha'awar shiga Sunderland yayin da suke shirya baje kolinsu na farko a Turai cikin shekaru 51, bayan sun cancanta don UEFA Europa League.

Arsenal sun rasa damar sanya Fofana

Wannan yarjejeniyar ta zo ne bayan Arsenal — wanda a yanzu shine zakaran Premier League — sun yi ƙoƙarin sanya Fofana hannun amma suka kasa cimma yarjejeniya da Lyon akan farashin. Hakan ya baiwa Sunderland damar aiki da sauri.

Fofana ya fara aikinsa a KAA Gent kafin ya koma Lyon a Ligue 1 a shekara ta 2024. Yanzu yana shirye don kawo sauro da ƙarfinsa zuwa Stadium of Light.

Lokacin rani mai cike da haraji ga Black Cats

Za a haɗu da Fofana a kulob din ta hanyar mai tsaron Kevin Danso, wanda yake zuwa daga Tottenham a aro na farko tare da zaɓi na sayen dindindin. Sunderland kuma sun ƙarfafa ƙungiyarsu ta hanyar kawo masu tsaro Thomas Meunier da Dayann Methalie, tare da ɗan wasan tsakiya Jules Ahoka.

Waɗannan sayayya na nuna girman manufofin Sunderland tun lokacin da suka dawo lig ɗin sama. Bayan sun ƙare a matsayi na bakwai a kakarsu ta farko a Premier League, Black Cats sun fara kakar 2026-27 da hasara a Ipswich kafin su farfaɗo da nasara akan Fulham ranar Lahadi.