Sunderland Chief tells @SkySportsNews they are in a strong position to buy and sell players on their terms this summer:
CEO Tom Burwell:
🗣️ “One of the blessings is we are built on really solid foundations. We sit on fundamentally strong, 49,000 seater stadium, that isn’t your traditional newly promoted football club.
🗣️ “That means we go into this summer where Flo (Ghisolfi) is allowed to make the best decisions for the football club without undue pressure to make decisions in certain ways.
🗣️ “He can operate in the way he needs to. We are confident we can work within the new regulations.
🗣️ “Selling players? We are not dictated by what the accounts say. We are in a fortunate position where Flo can make the best decisions without the pressure to turn around and say ‘you must do this or must do that’ which is a great place to be in going into a season with so much in front of it.”
#SAFC
The greatest England performance and memory of my lifetime happened 30 years ago today.
1996, the best summer ever, was really starting to hit its stride by then.
After a draw with Switzerland and a win over Scotland, the Netherlands were next.
Revenge for the World Cup qualifying debacle nearly three years earlier was high on everyone’s — well, my — agenda.
What happened that night at Wembley was absolutely magical. The football was thrilling, the atmosphere electric and England played with a confidence and swagger that seemed almost impossible to believe.
What a performance. What a team.
We couldn’t, could we? 😉
🎓 Luke O’Nien will receive an Honorary Doctorate of Sport from the University of Sunderland this summer.
Luke is being recognised for his outstanding contribution both on and off the pitch ❤️