Chimbonda joins Tainio at Sunderland
Reuters - Saturday 26 July 2008, 20:12
Sunderland have signed France
full back Pascal Chimbonda from Tottenham Hotspur for an
undisclosed fee, the Premier League club said on Saturday.
The 29-year-old former Wigan Athletic defender, who can play
at right and left back and won his only French cap in a World
Cup warm-up match against Denmark two years ago, has agreed a
three-year contract with the North-East club.
"Pascal is one of these rare players who can play anywhere
across the back line and that will be invaluable to us so
naturally we're very pleased to secure his services," Sunderland
manager Roy Keane told the club's website.
"He has a lot of Premier League experience which can only be
a plus for us and he'll give us more options at the back,
creating more competition for places there."
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