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  • 7 months ago
The latest North East sport headlines, from Daniel Wales.
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00:00Sunderland have confirmed yet another signing in this summer's transfer window,
00:05bringing in Simon Odingre from fellow Premier League outfit Brighton and Hove Albion.
00:10When asked as to why he had joined Sunderland from Brighton,
00:13Odingre made clear that he believed in the project that Sunderland were developing.
00:19It's a pleasure to be here and I can't wait to get started.
00:24To put it simply, why have you chosen to make a move here?
00:27The project of the club and yeah, I spoke to the gaffer and the owner of this club,
00:37so I think they showed me interest, so I decided to come in to be part of the project.
00:46You're one of a few number of players in this squad to have played in the Premier League for quite a while now.
00:53What's that challenge like? What's it like playing in the Premier League?
00:57To be fair, Premier League was one of my dreams since I was a kid.
01:03So me playing in the Premier League is like living my dream.
01:07So I think I'm kind of pursuing my dream.
01:12So today I'm here in Sunderland.
01:14And prior to Odingre's arrival from Brighton and Hove Albion,
01:19Sunderland had also confirmed the signing of attacker Chemsdine Talby.
01:23Thank you. We are a really long trip today, but I'm really excited to play for this club and I really appreciate to be here.
01:33And you've seen the training ground at first hand today. What do you make of it?
01:38It's a really nice one. It's like for Premier League, it's really nice and I really like it.
01:43To put it simply, why have you decided to come to Sunderland?
01:47I decided because it was like a good project, a good team, a really excited team and also a lot of young players.
01:57So it invited me to come here.
02:01Speaking of those young players, are you excited to get to know your teammates a little bit more?
02:05Yeah, I really know one player from Union, Sadiqe, Noah.
02:10So yes, it will be a little bit simpler to know all of the players.
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