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• Founded:1879
• Manager:Martin O'Neill

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Reid to wait for Cats debut

01 Feb 2008 - 12:15:10

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New Sunderland signing Andy Reid will not make his debut this weekend as he remains troubled by a knee problem.

The Republic of Ireland international joined the Black Cats in a £4million deal from Charlton Athletic on transfer deadline day.

However, the winger has been out of action since suffering a knee injury in mid-December and is not expected to play until at least next weekend.

The 25-year-old will therefore miss Saturday's trip to Liverpool.

"Andy's a quality player and we're slowly trying to bring quality players to the club," manager Roy Keane told the club's official website.

"I really thought it was dead in the water, it was going nowhere fast, then yesterday we were told it could be on again.

"He's a bit different to what we've got, he has good passing range and is willing to look for a ball, he tries to make things happen.

"He's a good signing for us. He has experience of playing at a big club like Tottenham and he's played a fair few times for Ireland.

"He won't be fit for another week or so. He's not been involved for Charlton in the last six or seven weeks.

"But with the way the team has been playing, we have time to get him right and bed him in."