Source: Daily_Mail
Sunderland sign James McClean
Sunderland have completed the signing of Republic of Ireland midfielder James McClean from Derry City for a fee of ?350,000.[LNB]McClean, 22, has been capped by Northern Ireland at Under-21 level and was called up into the senior squad by Nigel Worthington before pulling out and announcing he wished to represent the Republic of Ireland instead.[LNB]The winger also featured in the select Airtricity League XI in the recent Dublin Super Cup alongside Celtic, Inter Milan and Manchester City and has become Steve Bruce's 10th summer signing. [LNB] Signed and sealed: James McClean is paraded at Sunderland[LNB]Sunderland manager Steve Bruce said: 'James is an outstanding young talent and has rightly attracted interest from a number of clubs over the summer so we're very pleased that he sees his future at Sunderland.[LNB]'I'm delighted with what we've been able to do over the summer. We've the makings of a very good squad and James will now have every chance to come here and make that next step in his career.'[LNB]McClean is Sunderland's latest signing after the arrivals of Ahmed Elmohamady, Ji Dong-Won, Keiren Westwood, Sebastian Larsson, Connor Wickham, Craig Gardner, Wes Brown, John O'Shea and David Vaughan.[LNB] McClean wants to play for the Republic ahead of winger's ?1m move to Sunderland Northern Ireland boss Worthington suffers triple striker blow with Wales and Scotland depletedSign up for our FREE Fantasy Football game and your chance to win a share of ?40,000All the latest Sunderland news, features and opinion[LNB]
