Sbragia: I had to throw out the 'bad apples' at Sunderland

Ricky Sbragia insists he had to throw out the 'bad apples' at Sunderland to preserve unity at the club.Sbragia, who sold El-Hadji Diouf and Pascal Chimbonda, said: 'We don't want people who are not happy at the club and we've shown that if that happens, we let them go. Ricky Sbragia insists he had to throw out the 'bad apples' at SunderlandThe atmosphere is brilliant now.' Sunderland, in 11th place and seven points clear of the drop zone, face Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday. THE LIST: Sportsmail's top 20-11 of the greatest goal poachers to have played in English footballTop of the stops: Van der Sar is the Premier keeper, but where do Reina, Cech, Almunia, James et al come in our clean sheet table?  

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