The 25-year-old has now joined the Premier League outfits on a season-long loan and depending on his displays, could also be given a permanent deal to continue his stay at the Stadium of Lights.
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The 25-year-old, who spent time at Inter Milan last season before the loan was terminated four months early, becomes Dick Advocaat’s fifth signing of the summer window…
Sunderland open their Premier League campaign away to Leicester on Saturday and M’Vila is hoping to make his debut against Claudio Ranieri’s Foxes.
Confirming the arrival of M’Vila, Sunderland released the following statement on their official website, “France worldwide Yann M’Vila has joined Sunderland AFC on a season-long loan from Russian club FC Rubin Kazan“.
Don’t be fooled into thinking Sunderland are getting quite the same player in 2015.
Sunderland’s sporting director Lee Congerton said: “Yann is a player who is highly regarded by a number of the elite clubs across Europe, playing for his national team of France from a young age”.
M’Vila, a holding midfielder, began his career with Rennes and broke into the France team under Laurent Blanc in 2010.
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They have added several new players to their ranks ahead of the 2015/16 season and M’Vila is another name to a list that includes Sebastian Coates, Adam Matthews, Jeremain Lens and Younes Kaboul.
