{"id":446613,"date":"2011-06-23T23:46:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-23T23:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/23\/sebastian-larsson-reveals-steve-bruce-convinced-him-to-join-sunderland\/"},"modified":"2011-06-23T23:46:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-23T23:46:00","slug":"sebastian-larsson-reveals-steve-bruce-convinced-him-to-join-sunderland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/23\/sebastian-larsson-reveals-steve-bruce-convinced-him-to-join-sunderland\/","title":{"rendered":"Sebastian Larsson reveals Steve Bruce convinced him to join Sunderland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Adithya Ananth<\/h3>\n<h4>24 Jun 2011 00:46:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"58.731277533\">\n<div readability=\"18.8777292576\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\" Carling Cup Quarter Final - Birmingham City v Aston Villa, Sebastian Larsson (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/118000\/118058_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Carling Cup Quarter Final &#8211; Birmingham City v Aston Villa, Sebastian Larsson (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"18.3380645161\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/sweden\/8019\/sebastian-larsson\/national\">Sebastian Larsson<\/a> has revealed that Steve Bruce convinced him to join <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/537\/sunderland\">Sunderland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old midfielder did not come to new terms with Birmingham City, and allowed his contract to run down after the club was relegated to the Championship.<\/p>\n<p>There had been some talk surrounding a potential return to Arsenal, but it was eventually announced that an agreement had been struck with the Black Cats.<\/p>\n<p>Larsson is set to sign the contract and officially become a Sunderland player on July 1.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had other alternatives but it&#8217;s great to sign with a club like Sunderland,&#8221; he said, according to <em>The Sun<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Steve Bruce showed he wanted me and that&#8217;s important. Sunderland are building for the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sunderland have also been linked with a move for Ipswich Town youngster Connor Wickham.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/06\/24\/2545310\/sebastian-larsson-reveals-steve-bruce-convinced-him-to-join\" title=\"Sebastian Larsson reveals Steve Bruce convinced him to join Sunderland\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sebastian Larsson reveals Steve Bruce convinced him to join Sunderland<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Adithya Ananth 24 Jun 2011 00:46:00 Carling Cup Quarter Final &#8211; Birmingham City v Aston Villa, Sebastian Larsson (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Sebastian Larsson has revealed that Steve Bruce convinced him to join Sunderland . The 26-year-old midfielder did not come to new terms with Birmingham City, and allowed his contract to run down after the club was relegated to the Championship<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":446614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-446613","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sebastian Larsson reveals Steve Bruce convinced him to join Sunderland - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/23\/sebastian-larsson-reveals-steve-bruce-convinced-him-to-join-sunderland\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Sebastian Larsson reveals Steve Bruce convinced him to join Sunderland - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Adithya Ananth 24 Jun 2011 00:46:00 Carling Cup Quarter Final - Birmingham City v Aston Villa, Sebastian Larsson (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Sebastian Larsson has revealed that Steve Bruce convinced him to join Sunderland . 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