SUNDERLAND have signed winger Patrick Roberts from Manchester Metropolis on an preliminary six-month contract.
The League One Black Cats have the choice of extending it on the finish of the season in a deal that may very well be price as much as £3million.
The winger, 24, leaves the Residents after seven years and EIGHT loans, along with his final coming at French facet Troyes.
Roberts, who is on the market to face Portsmouth on Saturday, mentioned: “I can’t wait to get going.
"I got here to the sport towards Sheffield Wednesday a couple of weeks in the past to get a really feel for it and it was nice to observe.
"It is one thing that I needed to be part of.
"The followers need you to do nicely and work laborious each matchday and that stress and expectation is one thing I thrive off.
"I simply wish to do nicely for the people who help me and get Sunderland again to the place they belong.”
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Roberts spent 30 months on mortgage at Celtic between 2016 and 2018, touchdown three titles.
And Wearsiders boss Lee Johnson added: “That is a tremendous alternative – for him and the membership – to provide him the love he requires at a normal whereby we expect he can excel after which include us to the following stage.
“He thrives on the large event and the great thing about Sunderland is that there's a massive event each three days.
"We hope that that is the place he calls house for quite a few years.”
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