Sunderland\u2019s stand-in captain Titus Bramble is backing Ghanaian striker Asamoah Gyan to fill Darren Bent\u2019s boots and become the Black Cats\u2019 top goal-getter.
\nWith Bent having completed a shock \u00a324m move to Aston Villa this week, the Black Cats will now look to their \u00a313m record buy Gyan to shoulder the bulk of the goalscoring burden.
\nAnd Bramble is convinced Ghana\u2019s World Cup star \u2013 who has seven goals to his name already \u2013 will step up to the plate. \u201cIt\u2019s disappointing to lose Darren, but that\u2019s football,\u201d said Bramble, who has skippered the side for the last three league games while Lee Cattermole has been sidelined through injury.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re sixth in the table, things are going well and we don\u2019t intend to let anything knock us out of our stride. \u201cIt\u2019s a big loss, but we\u2019ve got other people who can score goals. \u201cAsa is a world-class player who has played and scored goals at the highest level.
\n\u201cI\u2019m sure he will be able to deal with the extra responsibility. \u201cWe spent a lot of money on him in the summer. I had seen him play in the World Cup, but I didn\u2019t really know what to expect when he arrived.
\n\u201cSince he has come here, though, he has been like a breath of fresh air.
\n\u201cHe\u2019s always got a smile on his face, he is a great guy to have around the training ground and he scores goals.
\n\u201cAnd he\u2019s going to score a lot more goals as time goes on and he adapts to the Premier League.\u201d
\nSunderland are working hard to bring in at least one striker in time for this weekend\u2019s trip to Blackpool, with Aston Villa\u2019s Norway international John Carew their main target.
\nBut, with Fraizer Campbell and on-loan Manchester United man Danny Welbeck both sidelined until March, Gyan is Sunderland\u2019s only fit frontman as things stand.
\nSource: ChronicleLive<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sunderland\u2019s stand-in captain Titus Bramble is backing Ghanaian striker Asamoah Gyan to fill Darren Bent\u2019s boots and become the Black Cats\u2019 top goal-getter. With Bent having completed a shock \u00a324m move to Aston Villa this week, the Black Cats will now look to their \u00a313m record buy Gyan to shoulder the bulk of the goalscoring […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-274590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n