Sunderland interested in Kara & Okaka - Burnley following Defour

THURSDAY, 4 AUGUST 2016, 18:16 - Skyhawk
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TRANSFERS English club Sunderland is showing interest in Kara Mbodj and Stefano Okaka. Kara doesn't seem to be coach Weiler's first choice in the defence. The player is also heavily criticised by the Anderlecht fans. They see him as too static. Kara can probably leave for 4 or 5 million.

Okaka on the other hand has been sent to the B-team. Despite is good season, Weiler is unsatisfied with his attitude and especially his physical condition. Though Anderlecht would like to keep the striker in Brussels. The club currently only has Sylla and he's clearly not capable to carry the entire weight of the attack on his own. Therefore, the club would like to see at least 10 million Euro for the player. Last month, a Chinese club offered 15 million, but the transfer eventually didn't go through.

Burley would like to reinforce their midfield and they hope to land Steven Defour. The Belgian international cost around 7 million Euro. The English club made an offer that comes close to this price. But Defour hasn't decided himself yet whether he'll stay or not. The player is being criticised by a small part of the fans that never forgave him for his period in Standard de Liège, Anderlecht's biggest rival. The rest of fans started a campaign to keep Defour in Belgium though. Earlier this week, this website already reported receiving massive support e-mails for Steven Defour. A group of fans was clearly inspired by it and deployed a banner before yesterday's match against Rostov saying: "99.9% of the fans do love you" followed by a massive applause. Also on minute 16 (Defour's number), he receive a long round of applause. It remains to be seen whether the midfielder will change his mind because of these actions: "I haven't decided yet, but the support of the fans is appreciated", he said. Also yesterday's unexpected elimination in the Champions League qualification round may play a role in his final decision.



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