Source: Northern_Echo
Onuoha relishing his loan transfer
NEDUM ONUOHA does not want to think too much about what the future holds, but his season long loan at Sunderland will go a long way to determining it.[LNB] Onuoha made a solid start to life at the Stadium of Light on Sunday, with a straight-forward first appearance for the club during the 2-2 draw with Birmingham City.[LNB] Ideally Steve Bruce would have preferred to have landed the 23-year-old on a permanent basis, but was quoted £8m at a time when football clubs across the country are having to be more realistic with their transfer funds.[LNB] Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn was able to convince City to agree to a loan move, leaving Onuoha excited.[LNB] The versatile defender is not in a position to outline his long-term commitment, but is hopeful that in nine months time his performances will at least lead to negotiations between the Premier League rivals.[LNB] It's very much a suck and see situation for all of us,[LNB] said Onuoha. Joking around, City wanted £50m for me or something, but not many teams can afford that these days. It's a season long loan and I don't know if there is an option.[LNB] Hopefully I will do well enough during the season. To be honest I just want to play as well as I can here to make sure I help this team. Anything that happens after that will happen. I just have to wait and see.[LNB] Wherever Onuoha was going to move to this summer it was going to be a difficult decision, having spent the last 13 years graduating through the City ranks.[LNB] But his meeting with Bruce before agreeing to make the temporary switch to Wearside last Friday helped convince Sunderland was the perfect choice.[LNB] Steve Bruce showed a lot of faith in me, said Onuoha. He thinks I'm a good player and he thinks I can develop. This club is very ambitious so why would I not want to come here[LNB] It was very strange because I've been at City since I was ten, for me to finally see something happening was hard, because it was my life, Manchester.[LNB] It was something I really needed to do and at the time there was no better place to come to because the manager was putting belief into me to take me up here.[LNB] I thought I've got to take this opportunity no matter how much it may or may not change my life'.[LNB] It was strange, but it's something I'm not ever going to regret.[LNB] It would be impossible to hide the disappointment felt within the Sunderland dressing room after Saturday's late collapse against Birmingham, when two goals in the last 13 minutes prevented Onuoha starting the campaign with a win.[LNB] But with a trip to West Brom scheduled for Saturday, the Nigerian-born centreback, who looks set to continue at right-back, has been pleased with his first impressions.[LNB] It's a very good squad, a young squad, and it seems like the club's going to be doing better things in years to come because everyone has a positive ambition and that does make a big difference, he said.[LNB] It's not like we're here just to avoid relegation, everyone's looking up and hoping we can be more successful than we have been in the past.[LNB] The FA have decided against punishing Bruce for his verbal volley after Saturday's aimed at match referee Anthony Taylor.[LNB] The 31-year-old referee angered Bruce for an inconsistent performance in which captain Lee Cattermole was red carded for two yellow cards.[LNB] Bruce labelled Taylor inadequate[LNB] in the immediate aftermath but the FA have decided not to take further action after studying the manager's comments.[LNB]
