The latest North East sport headlines, from Daniel Wales.
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00:00Sunderland and Borussia Dortmund have reportedly agreed a deal for the transfer of Joe Bellingham
00:05for a fee in the region of £30 million.
00:09That will see Bellingham leave the Wearside club to follow in the footsteps of his older brother Jude,
00:14who also played for Dortmund.
00:17Yeah, it's a brilliant bonus.
00:19For me, the main goal is still getting promoted this season, which we've got an amazing opportunity to do.
00:24And I'm sure everyone at the club realises what kind of opportunity we've got
00:28because they don't come around often.
00:30So, yeah, we've really got to make the most of that opportunity.
00:33But, yeah, this is a lovely bonus, as I've said.
00:35Personally, probably that away win at Swansea, where we came back,
00:38I think that just showed our character really well.
00:40And obviously, in the changing room after and the flight home, it was just a great feeling.
00:44And they're the little moments that you want to savour throughout your career.
00:46We're going to need everyone.
00:48As I've heard the gaffer say, we're going to need everyone to support us.
00:51And I'm sure they'll do their bit, as they always do, travelling so far off to watch this team.
00:56And, obviously, us players, it's up to us to understand what it means to those supporters
01:00and to everyone at the club, like the staff who work tirelessly behind the scenes, really,
01:05from top to bottom of the club, like yourselves.
01:08So, yeah, we've got to do it for everyone.
01:11And Will Rhodes reflected as Durham were beaten by Leicestershire in the T20 Blast on Friday evening.
01:17I think it was just to bat, really.
01:21It was to bat and see how close we could get.
01:24Obviously, we've not, you know, both of us together probably haven't had a major innings
01:28in this competition so far in regards to ball's face.
01:30So, we just wanted to almost have a good time.
01:33Hit some strong shots, obviously, good wicket, quick outfield.
01:36So, there was plenty of value for all around the ground, really.
01:39And just a shame we couldn't get out of line.
01:41Yeah, we actually thought we had a really good chance of chasing it.
01:43I think, you know, after their power play and after their first ten overs,
01:46I think they were 110, 115 for two or three.
01:49So, to actually drag them back to 190 was a really good effort.
01:52I thought our plans at the end were really good.
01:54I thought maybe in the power play we might have missed a little bit.
01:56But, you know, at the end, we were really, really good.
01:59Everyone who came on and balled knew what they were doing and executed really well.
02:03So, we thought we could chase it down.
02:05And, obviously, we got off to a flyer as well.
02:06So, confidence was high.
02:07And then, you know, we just got a little bit stuck in the middle.
02:09But that can happen.
02:10They balled nicely.
02:11They balled to plans, balled to the big side of the ground.