Adam Johnson signs for Sunderland .F.C.

aye its on ssn

great signing.

Pleased he's gone to Sunderland, hope he does really well for them and becomes a regular in the England setup

its all a bit incestious up there isn't it??

Goodluck to him, hopefully he settles down and fulfils him potential,  with an extended run of games .... no excuses now for AJ.

I always thought he looked good when city played him tbf.

Fair play they spend some dollar up there!!

Where does he fit in there ? I thought the two wingers McClean and Larsson were two of their better players

Madness...Sunderland will take any Manchester cast off and will pay the price.Have they no scouting system.....

Goballistic.....Johnson will take Larssons place.

we do have a scouting system, mclean for 300k for example.

Aug 24, 2012 -- 8:42PM, homefortea wrote:

Madness...Sunderland will take any Manchester cast off and will pay the price.Have they no scouting system.....

Poor effort....not biting tonight h4t

double m beat ya anyway

Are Sunderland favourites for the League Cup yet?

tenpins..

O'Shea,Brown and Johnson.....

That would be £200k a week....

Even the Sunderland Job Centre Manager would be amazed at such figures....

^ newcastle fan alert

Only 10 mill ??  City continue to be mugged in the market ....

Mad if that is aimed at me then....

No I am not a Newcastle fan..

For Gods sake Sunderland buy some decent players at the correct price.

adam johnson become a world beater on the bench at citeh apparently

homefortea 24 Aug 12 21:13 Joined: 06 Sep 04 | Topic/replies: 3,383 | Blogger: homefortea's blog
Mad if that is aimed at me then....

No I am not a Newcastle fan..

For Gods sake Sunderland buy some decent players at the correct price.

Do you really think 10 million is too much for Adam Johnson ? Or just after a bite.

Was 10m the price ?

Im sure I saw Jarvis Wolves to West Ham for 9.5.

I think 10m is a bargain, good business by SAFC.

is it true he rejected liverpool?

kin sunderland is a horrible town , I could not sign there myself

imagine anyone choosing sunderland over liverpool geez how the dippers have fallen

Hey I am just a country boy and I can only laugh at what happens in the Premier League "arrested".......

For £10 million (and £100k a week) I would want more than a City Squad Player.Trouble is Martin O'Neil is not the messiah that you crave...

However I love the fact that he is signing British players because I do believe that there are plenty out there who should be given a chance, trouble is that Sunderland seem to be the team to buy any overpriced ones...

And I must leave now Saha..Saha..Saha....

I hope he isnt on anywhere near 100k

Never really got a decent run in the team but i thought he did ok when he played and scored a few crackers. Wish him all the best for the future

^ England International,still quite young what considering the stupid money being paid to foreigners do you think he will be on Ibrahima ?

I've heard he has taken a pay cut to keep him in line with Sunderlands wage structure but received a canny signing bonus.


Trackman...there's hope for you yet

grawkhawk, a endless supply of cheesy chips can hardly be seen as a canny signing bonus.

I hope he does alright there. Sunderland are almost as bad as Liverpool in taking talented players and turning them to sh1t. Just look at Stewart Downing since he joined them.

Credit to someone leaving the Premier League champions in order to play on a regular basis.
Many would warm the bench and collect their wages without a care.

Like all players you need regular games,johnson has done the right thing by moving to sunderland and playing regular football. Downing/Carroll/Rchards and the list goes on should all be playing regular football but find themselves on the bench to Englands detriment.

Yeah Liverpool have destroyed Downing. I imagine that's why he opted for Sunderland. He probably would have got a regular place for Liverpool, but look at what's happened to Adam, Henderson, Carroll even Suarez is on a severe downtrend. Liverpool = career killers.

Ibrahima Sonko

Not having a pop but if Wes and John are on £50k a year each what will the new fella be on....

The World has gone mad........

He's hardly a youngster, he's 25 and needs to play so it's a decent move.  I do think hes become a better player on the City bench and he's got to perform regularly now.  This season will define his career.

Liverpool = career makers

In comparison to Jarvis the reported ten million is laughably cheap ...

City paid 7 million to Boro when he was a promising championship player. Now as an England International and having played a notable role in helping City win the league he's sold for for 3 million  odd more.

I'm a City fan and our transfer negotiating strategies are clearly woeful.

Jimmy Kebe is better than johnson and jarvis but he is on 20k

100k for a player who has never really delivered, he might be the new kieran richardson

Citeh are desperately trying to comply with FFP so they're not in a strong negotiating position over price. They'll sell anyone who is surplus to first team requirements for a reasonable amount.

arrested, it looks as though the departure of Johnson will see the arrival of Sinclair.

Surely Jhnson would be the better of the two.

Were there issues i.e. dressing room or other internal problems with johnson

10m seems rather cheap.

arrested development...

You are quite correct.How you are faps to win the League is beyond me...

The Worst Man Utd Team for 20 years lost it in the last 20 seconds....

has nothing to do with that, AJ had a chance of moves to other clubs but those wages made his mind up in minutes

Ibrahima Sonko...please get it out of your head that Johnson is on 100k a week...he isn't.

The World has gone mad....

It is not the transfer fee but the wages and I just hope that Sunderland stay up because they seem to be over-paying their players and why...

The North-East is a fantastic place to live and they are not playing that card correctly....

greyhawk...He will be.

Maybe that is why the transfer fee is so "small" because Citey have to get him off their books.....

Posted at 21:48 what happened.

Sunderland do not pay £100k a week to anyone.

There is no way he is on 100k  a week Ibrahima .....He was on about 80 at City .

He developed a bit of a rep,  for thinking he was gods gift after he signed the five year deal at City,  but I'd imagine the fact he's a local lad and will be guaranteed to be playing every week made up his mind.

Only deluded Liverpool fans could think a player would only reject them because another club offered far more money.

Not since you sold Michael Turner, tenpins.

i hope so arrested

Trackman

Trackman...are you still hanging on Turners transfer fee ...

how will a newcastle fan fair with the fans? will it be 2 faced of them to cheer him? just a thought.

Will they hound him like they did Wallsend Steve ?

not during the honeymoon period.around easter is my bet

just looked at the transfers made by sufc since 2008....

Pointer...just to nip that vicious rumour in the bud

http://fourfourtwo.com/interviews/boysabitspecial/112/article.aspx

Sunderland getting a lot of stick here... dont understand why

Sunderland have just signed a quality player for 10 - 12 million quid. The lad has loads of ability and wants to play first team football. What have sunderland done wrong here

Sunderland sold darren bent for 24 million, henderson for 20 million, got about 12 in total of gyan.

I make that 56 million.

14 million on fletcher, 12 on johnson, thats 26 million

So sunderland are 30 million quid in the green on there big transfers in the last couple of years. Yes theres a few million going out and few million coming in.. but over the last 2-3 years... Sunderland have took more money in than what they have spent..

Too many people on here dont know that much about Sunderland yet are quick to voice their opinions....

Just the way of the world with some people cookiejar.

24 million, henderson for 20 million - fck me I forgot about those good business IMO

Will score a few goals, but had a reputation at City for being a bit of a lazy sod,and who did not put work in tracking back etc, good luck to him, would be good to see Sunderland do well this season

MoN will get the best out of him and by playing regularly in the premiership he will prosper.Much better than half a dozen wasters and cripples which has been the order of the day for too many years.

Johnson isn't on anywhere near £100kpw. I've mentioned it before, but my mate knows him and he's taken a massive wage cut to come here.

We have a strict wage budget anyway and it is heavily based on incentives and appearance fees - Darren Bent was on less than £40k basic but had his wages topped up with bonuses.

That speaks quality about Johnson that playing matters more,even better signing for me !

Boro sold Jinky for £7m plus add ons to Citeh - one of which was £1m when he played his first England game.

He's a decent player but has limitations - no right foot and he is not an accurate crosser. Also he plays best in short bursts.He is most dangerous playing on the right and cutting in, but any decent opposing mananger will know that. £10m is his right price imo

great signing!!!