00:00Sunderland's new defensive signing, Ronaldo Mandeva, has made clear that he is feeling
00:08good ahead of the new season for the Black Cats in the Premier League. Mandeva played
00:14his first game for Sunderland in a pre-season friendly against Real Betis on Saturday afternoon
00:19which saw Sunderland lose by one goal to nil.
00:23I'm feeling so good to be here in Sunderland and to play here in this very beautiful ground,
00:32very beautiful stadium which supported us for the first time. I'm feeling so, so, so amazing,
00:41so good and I'm very, very happy. The first impression was wow.
00:46And for you, the minutes and the legs, is it now just pushing on and keep going ahead of
00:49the season?
00:50Of course, now is the first minute for me to play with my team, so we keep going, we
00:56keep pushing for myself and the team, as the team, because we need, we have a time, we need
01:04to improve, we need to do more, but we're in the good way to be there, so we keep pushing,
01:10we will keep fighting until the start, the beginning of the championship.
01:16And Middlesbrough have confirmed the signing of Callum Britton from Blackburn Rovers.
01:22They played their first game of the championship season against Swansea at the weekend.
01:25Yeah, I'm absolutely delighted to get it over the line. It's been a process that's going on for a few weeks now, so, yeah, I'm really happy to be here and meeting all the lads and the staff today, yeah, it's been a warm welcome.
01:38As you mentioned, it's been a bit of a long time coming. What have the last few weeks been like for you?
01:42Yeah, just a bit up and down, a bit of a roller coaster. I thought it was getting done a few weeks ago and then it wasn't, so I had to get my head back on. But then, yeah, got it over the line in the last couple of days and I'm just excited to be here.
01:56And what was it about this move that really appealed to you, would you say?
01:59I spoke with the gaffer and we had a really good chat about how he wants to play and sort of the ambition of this season and while he's here and it was just really important for me to get into an environment where everyone's trying to pull in the same direction.
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