{"id":451167,"date":"2011-06-30T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T17:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/30\/official-craig-gardner-completes-sunderland-switch-from-birmingham\/"},"modified":"2011-06-30T17:31:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-30T17:31:00","slug":"official-craig-gardner-completes-sunderland-switch-from-birmingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/30\/official-craig-gardner-completes-sunderland-switch-from-birmingham\/","title":{"rendered":"Official: Craig Gardner completes Sunderland switch from Birmingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By George Ankers<\/h3>\n<h4>30 Jun 2011 18:31:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"63.0734632684\">\n<div readability=\"15.8333333333\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EPL, Birmingham City v Bolton Wanderers, Craig Gardner \" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/127600\/127670_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>EPL, Birmingham City v Bolton Wanderers, Craig Gardner<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"25.4014014014\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/11899\/craig-gardner\">Craig Gardner<\/a> has become the latest player to sign for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/537\/sunderland\">Sunderland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The club have confirmed that the midfielder has joined from Birmingham for an undisclosed fee on a three-year contract.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes within 24 hours of the signings of strikers Connor Wickham and Ji Dong-Won.<\/p>\n<p>Gardner impressed last season despite his side\u2019s relegation from the Premier League, having made the move across the city from rivals Aston Villa last summer.<\/p>\n<p>The versatile central midfielder scored 10 goals during the 2010-11 season, including a long-range effort against the Black Cats at St Andrew\u2019s, and finished as the club\u2019s top scorer.<\/p>\n<p>Gardner, a former England Under-21 international, prefers a central position but is capable of filling in on the right flank of midfield or defence.<\/p>\n<p>And he now faces the task of slotting into the hole in the midfield left by Jordan Henderson, who recently joined Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>Gardner joins Sebastian Larsson in making the switch from Birmingham to the Stadium of Light this summer.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/06\/30\/2554981\/official-craig-gardner-completes-sunderland-switch-from\" title=\"Official: Craig Gardner completes Sunderland switch from Birmingham\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Official: Craig Gardner completes Sunderland switch from Birmingham<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By George Ankers 30 Jun 2011 18:31:00 EPL, Birmingham City v Bolton Wanderers, Craig Gardner Related Links Teams Players Craig Gardner has become the latest player to sign for Sunderland . 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