Sky Sports news this morning, Sunderland has finally defeated  Roma to reached agreement for Jhon Lucumi after…

Sky Sports news this morning, Sunderland has finally defeated  Roma to reached agreement for Jhon Lucumi after…amid transfer clause claim

The Black Cats have been linked with a move for the Bologna defendJhon Lucumi is a reported target for Sunderland as they look to bolster their defensive unit. The Bologna defender Jhon Lucumi is said to have a release clause in his contract of less than £25m and according to transfer insider Fabrizio Romano, the Black Cats are preparing a bid.er

Sunderland are reportedly set to try and negotiate a deal outside of that clause but there are other interested parties and he will be attracting attention from other clubs around Europe

The 27-year-old has been linked with a move to Serie A side AS Roma this summer.

While he is an experienced top-tier player, his signing would represent yet another player who has never played in the Premier League.

 

He has featured regularly in Serie A in the past three seasons while he had a long period at Belgian Pro League with Genk. He also has significant international experience with Colombia.

 

Sunderland have so far recruited six new signings and broken their transfer record with the capture of Habib Diarra.

Defence is now a key priority as they are short on defensive strength as Luke O’Nien, Aji Alese, Dennis Cirkin and Leo Hjelde are all set to miss the first three games of the Premier League season due to injury.

 

Head coach Régis Le Bris confirmed after the club’s opening pre-season friendly against South Shields that defensive additions were on the agenda.

 

Meanwhile, Sky Sports have confirmed reports from L’Equipe that Sunderland are monitoring the availability of Leicester City’s Bilal El-Khannouss this summer. A number of clubs both in the Premier League and Europe are expected to move if the 21-year-old does depart.

Sporting director Kristjaan Speakman told Sky Sports recently that there are more signings to come.

 

He told the broadcaster: “We’ve still got several more players that we need to acquire in certain areas of the pitch.

 

“I’ll leave that a little bit loose for you but we have to try to find the right players. We’ve never been knee-jerk in our decision making. We’ll try to be calm, but it’s the balance of being calm, waiting and trying to find [players]. Also knowing that you’ve got the right ones and being decisive.

Momentum is important. We want to make sure we can start well. We knew that we had three or four players that we felt were the right ones and we’ve tried to do them. I think that just shows the ambition of the ownership and the direction of the club.”