However the clear-out has been deemed essential to help Short start to stem £27m-a-season losses, including a wage bill that topped £63m last season. Jozy Altidore, the USA international, is one of Di Canio’s top targets, after he grabbed 31 goals for AZ Alkmaar last season. Di Canio could land 10 new players by August and Inter Milan midfielder Alfred Duncan is on the radar although a £5m bid for the Ghanaian was turned down. Lazio right back Luis Pedro Cavanda and St Etienne midfielder Joshua Guilavogui are potential youthful recruits whom Sunderland will move for in the next month. Sunderland have landed Modibo Diakite, Cabral and Valentin Roberge on free transfers. Swedish winger David Moberg Karlsson joined last week. The Under-21 ranks have been bolstered by the arrivals of Duncan Watmore from Altrincham and Le Havre’s France Under-20 player El-Hadji Ba. Di Canio says: “There is a lot of hard work to do between now and the first game against Fulham but we are ready for it. There are many steps to take. “We have to integrate the new players into the team, continue to build and develop our squad and complete our pre-season training.”
Posted on: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 21:37:10 +0000
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