Andrew Breheny

Great lover of football ... and pizza

[Andrew Breheny @Breheny8]

@NDR_lufc Hahaha what a tweet man this video 😆😆 @davidporta10 @DekaD7

[Gaz Fisher @GazJFisher]

I think @ChelseaFanTVyt might have been blown away by our WMS rendition 😮‍💨 #safc

[Andrew Breheny @Breheny8]

Well played 👏🏻 😆

[Sunderland AFC @SunderlandAFC]

Thank you for writing us off...

[Premier League @premierleague]

Representing the Premier League in Europe next season ✈️

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

Sunderland’s starting XI in their joyous, season-ending 2-1 victory over listless Chelsea cost the same as £106m Enzo Fernandez. This is no slight on a world champion, an elite attacking midfielder, full of craft and craftiness, if moody at times. This is simply a celebration of Sunderland’s exceptional recruitment, finding gems who can see - and seize - the opportunity at the Stadium of Light.

This is also a celebration of Regis Le Bris’ remarkable team-building, blending and bonding qualities which have guided a side promoted via the play-offs into seventh and Europe. For those of us who thought Sunderland would go straight back down, apologies and enjoy Europe. You deserve it. A well-run football operation deserves it. That backing from stands to boardroom deserves it. Football also deserves it: a reminder that the status quo can be challenged with shrewd planning and investment and hard work.

Of Le Bris’ starting XI against Chelsea, eight joined on the eve of the season and one in the winter window: Roefs a reported £9m from Nijmegen; Mukiele £9.5m from PS-G; Reinaldo free from Atletico Madrid; Geertruida loan from RB Leipzig; Le Fee £19.3m, loan made permanent from Roma; Xhaka £13m from Bayer Leverkusen; Sadiki £15m from Union St-Gilloise; Angulo £17.5m from Anderlecht (in February); and seven-goal Brobbey £21.6m from Ajax. Two 2025 arrivals came off the bench: Diarra £30m from Strasbourg; and Isidor £5m loan made permanent from Zenit St-Petersburg (in February 2025).

Three of the 14 involved were already at the club. The starting pair of: Hume £200,000 from Linfield in 2022; and O’Nien undisclosed but reported as £200,000 to £300,000 from Wycombe Wanderers in 2018. And the sub: Rigg from Sunderland’s academy. (The £105.5m total does not include the undisclosed loan fees).

When Sunderland won 2-1 at the Bridge in October, Le Bris’ starting XI cost only £75m (and also had the important Ballard, £2m from Arsenal in 2022). Chelsea’s starting XI was £433m.

Four miles from the Bridge, on Park Lane this evening, the League Managers Association celebrates its members’ many achievements this season. Le Bris certainly deserves a mention. Mixing old and many new players, and getting new signings to settle quickly, requires real people skills. Le Bris and his staff clearly have them.

It’s also a reflection on Sunderland’s family club reputation that so many newcomers are welcomed and assimilated so quickly. Some will move on, some will be moved on but what a journey this is across England - and soon Europe. #SAFC

[Aimee💫 @aimeeg_x1]

goosebumps.. wow.. what a club man 🥹 #safc

[Andrew Breheny @Breheny8]

@DjibinhoPvris_ @DekaD7 @davidporta10 😆

[Andrew Breheny @Breheny8]

@blue6oy @davidporta10 😆

[Andrew Breheny @Breheny8]

@Lea_EFC @davidporta10 @DekaD7 🤣

[Andrew Breheny @Breheny8]

@Santino1212 @davejones836 @J3CK1CLARK @SkyBetHelp @SkyBet Any clarification from @SkyBet @SkyBetHelp clear two hands on from Cucurella which results in the foul?

[Andrew Breheny @Breheny8]

@davejones836 @J3CK1CLARK @SkyBetHelp @SkyBet Someone must have the footage somewhere

[Andrew Breheny @Breheny8]

@J3CK1CLARK @SkyBetHelp Yep agreed, waiting on the payout also there was a clear foul which the ref blew for right near the end in the Chelsea attacking corner from Cucurella @SkyBetHelp ?

[Sunderland AFC @SunderlandAFC]

Tackle after tackle. Timed to perfection by Luke 👊

[Andrew Breheny @Breheny8]

@davidporta10 Prolific auld Kazaiah, 1 goal on loan in a Sunderland shirt

[Andrew Breheny @Breheny8]

Fantastic performance even at 1-0 down controlled the game. Subs made a huge impact . O’Nein didn’t put a foot wrong when he came on either. What a day results wise aswell. Hats off to every single one of them 👏🏻
#safc

[Andrew Breheny @Breheny8]

@davidporta10 @DekaD7 And Celtic have released that??! 😆 even more of a fix

[James Copley @JamesCopley_]

May 13, 2025. 121:59.

The greatest moment the Stadium of Light has ever seen.

The sea fret. The mist. The flares. The celebrations. The limbs.

It will never, ever be beaten.

You just had to be there.

#SAFC

[Andrew Breheny @Breheny8]

@davidporta10 😆😆

[Andrew Breheny @Breheny8]

Impressive today, better side and with a bit better finishing would have took all 3. Wish we had took that level of intensity into the Forest and Wolves game but cant complain 2much.
Enzo & Sadiki the standouts. Hume in MF needs to stop. Gutted we aren’t getting Gerty permanent

[Andrew Breheny @Breheny8]

@BeanGre73226284 @davidporta10 tut tut 🏊🏻‍♂️