Sunderland boss Keane targets Sydney star Yorke.

[jub02]

Not Sunderland.. Why!?!

[Brej]

villa would be better than a team last place in the championship but oh well

[SUPA]

Ah would ah prefer Yorkie in de EPL, but who is me or any other member here, tuh know why de man made dat decision. Yorke in de business long enough, tuh know a good move, from ah bad move. May be there are clauses in fine print dat will benefit him, as he is getting older. Best of luck, tuh de boss.

[Rastaman]

I see it is not Yorke alone they are bringing in. Not bad additions.....


Celtic pair head for Sunderland  
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New Sunderland manager Roy Keane has raided former club Celtic to sign defender Stanislav Varga and midfielder Ross Wallace.
BBC Sport understands that Celtic could receive more than £1m for the pair who have been on the fringes of the first-team under Gordon Strachan.

Wallace, 21, has signed a three-year contract, while Varga's is two years.

It will be a second spell on Wearside for the 33-year-old, who moved to Celtic in 2003.

Varga had appeared likely to leave Celtic in the summer but signed a new, one-year contract.

Wallace, a left-sided midfielder who has been deployed at left-back on occasions, had been on trial at Birmingham City during the summer.

[Blue]

Yorke look like a real spranger when he arrive at d Stadium of Life, Sunderland officals wearing suits, he show up holding a washrag in one hand, and wearing a role up track pants 

[Rastaman]

Six good additions by Keano. Should make this an interesting team.

www.bbc.co.uk
FOOTBALL LEAGUE: New Sunderland boss Roy Keane has hit the ground running at the Stadium of Light. He's splashed out nearly two million quid and signed six players. Half a million went on Wigan's Graham Kavanagh (2017), with £200,000 on bringing in Dwight Yorke (1708) from Sydney FC.

Celtic duo Stanislav Varga and Ross Wallace (2105). have moved in a combined deal which could eventually be worth £1.1m. And Keane also snapped up Liam Miller (2247) on a free transfer from Manchester United and David Connolly (2305) from Wigan.

[doublet750]

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Yorke joins Keane's Sunderland revolution
 
AFP
August 31, 2006
SUNDERLAND, England (AFP) - Dwight Yorke was reunited with former Manchester United team-mate Roy Keane at struggling English Championship club Sunderland.

Trinidad and Tobago star Yorke, 34, completed a 200,000-pound switch from Australian side Sydney FC on transfer deadline day and becomes Keane's first signing since he became manager of struggling Sunderland earlier this week.

Yorke agreed a two-year contract and a statement on Sunderland's website said: "Sunderland boss Roy Keane has signed his former Manchester United team-mate Dwight Yorke."

 
Yorke and Keane played together in the Manchester United side that won the European Cup in 1999, although Keane missed the final through suspension.

Keane has vowed to curb his firebrand streak while attempting to guide the Black Cats back to the Premiership, while Yorke, who has belied his playboy image in Sydney, was instrumental in last year's title as he shouldered the role of skipper.

Yorke also impressed with Trinidad and Tobago at the World Cup finals in Germany this year and Sydney's new manager, former England defender Terry Butcher, said this month that he wanted to keep him at the club.

However, Sunderland have reportedly offered Yorke 1.5 million dollars (1.15 million US), significantly more than the 900,000 he is believed to earn at Sydney.

Later Thursday, Sunderland completed the signing of Republic of Ireland international midfielder Graham Kavanagh from Wigan for 500,000 pounds on a three-year deal.

The 33-year-old has also played for Middlesbrough, Stoke and Cardiff.

But that wasn't the end of the transfer activity with the Wearsiders then signing Ross Wallace and Stanislav Varga from Celtic just before the transfer window closed.




Updated on Thursday, Aug 31, 2006 5:44 pm
 

[weary1969]

Thank you Australia but back in England where he belongs. Another team to add to who in action today