Sunderland confirm signing of Nordi Mukiele with defender “excited” by move

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00:00Sunderland's summer spending spree has continued as they have confirmed the signing of Paris

00:05Saint-Germain defender Naudi Mukili. He said he's excited to join the club.

00:11Very happy first of all. I'm really excited to start in the Premier League and also for

00:18Sunderland. It's a new challenge, a big one and I'm really happy to be here and to try

00:24to help the club to do everything they want to do for this season and for the future also.

00:30You've played games in the Champions League, you've had a four-year spell with Leipzig,

00:35played for Paris Saint-Germain by Leverkusen. Talk to us about your footballing journey and what

00:40those experiences have given you. I think in every team I was playing I get a lot of experience,

00:48good and also bad but this is how you have to learn in football career and to be honest I'm really

00:55happy about the heavy choices I make during my career and also this one I make just now and I'm

01:00really excited because it's a new challenge, a new league I've never been before and I'm just

01:06deciding really to start event training games to meet the fans also. And Middlesbrough have secured

01:14the loan signing of Severn Naipan from Manchester City for the remainder of the season. It's an

01:21amazing opportunity to get, a lovely club with amazing fans that I'm really looking forward to

01:31play in front of. And what kind of things have you heard about Borough and what were the things

01:35that really appealed to you to join here? It's a really traditional club

01:41with a good fan base and it's really really big in Norway. English football is big in Norway so

01:54yeah it's a really nice opportunity and yeah really looking forward to it. And you've been playing senior

02:01football for quite a number of years in Norway, how beneficial has that been for your development as

02:05a young player? No, it's been crucial. I was really lucky to get the chance that I got.