How much will Sunderland pay to sign Enzo Le Fee

Sunderland now they have reached an agreement to sign a new midfielder for Regis Le Bris as they look to strengthen their hopes of a return to the Premier League in the second half of the campaign.

Sunderland are flying high in the Championship

With 18 games remaining Priority campaign, Sunderland are just three points off the top of England’s second division although he is currently fourth.

The Black Cats have scored the third highest number of goals in the competition to date, but face a tough second half of the campaign as they go up against fellow promotion hopefuls Burnley and Leeds United.

The likes of Chris Rigg, Anthony Patterson and Jude Bellingham have so far caught the eye with their prodigious talent amid links with clubs across Europe, but the club are looking to add more strength to their ranks as they underline their ambition to secure a return to the Premier League for the first time since the 206/2017 season. .

To that end, they are expected to be busy in the January window despite Regis Le Bris outlining how difficult it was to monetize in the winter transition period.

“It’s not easy to find the right pieces of the puzzle,” he told the media. “It is very important to find the right players and not just focus on recruiting now. We have to be very precise”

Now it seems Sunderland have managed to do just that, in a move that has unfolded incredibly quickly.

Sunderland have agreed an incredible loan deal

It comes after multiple media outlets are now reporting that Sunderland have reached an agreement to reunite Roma midfielder Enzo Le Fee with Le Bris for the remainder of the campaign.

The Frenchman played in Ligue 1 before making a £20m move to Roma during the last summer transfer window. However, things didn’t work out for him in the Eternal City and he saw just 319 minutes of Serie A action, starting just twice under a succession of managers at the Stadio Olimpico.

He was firmly connected with emigration, and Sunderland seem to have won that race after intense speculation, with the player on his way to Wearside for a medical on Thursday.

He will now rejoin Le Bris in a shock move, s Fabrizio Romano confirms that the Black Cats have agreed an initial loan deal for the midfielder, who has almost five years left £69,000 a week agreement in Rome.

Even better for the Black Cats, it adds that his wages will be fully covered by Roma, who apparently only want to see the back of him, saving around £1.7m for the Wearside side over the next six months.

There is an option to buy the 24-year-old for between €23m and €24m (£20m), and if he helps Sunderland return to the top flight at the end of the campaign, that option will become a commitment to buy the France U23 international.

For their part, Sunderland are believed to have pulled off a coup by arriving here, with football pundit Zach Lowry claiming yes Le Bris secured an “absolute gem” for Northeastern clothing, especially if they manage to restore it to its pre-Roman form. Could he be the man to help the Black Cats secure promotion?