{"id":467014,"date":"2011-07-24T11:46:19","date_gmt":"2011-07-24T11:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/24\/sunderland-boss-bruce-excited-after-stunning-summer-signing-spree\/"},"modified":"2011-07-24T11:46:19","modified_gmt":"2011-07-24T11:46:19","slug":"sunderland-boss-bruce-excited-after-stunning-summer-signing-spree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/24\/sunderland-boss-bruce-excited-after-stunning-summer-signing-spree\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunderland Boss Bruce Excited After Stunning Summer Signing Spree"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"54.8210526316\">\n<div>\n<p>Blackpool<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool<\/p>\n<p>Sunderland<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><abbr title=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/english-premiership\/sunderland-0\">Sunderland<\/a><\/abbr> boss Steve Bruce is delighted with their summer signing spree.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s spent \u00a38.2 million on teenage talent in Connor Wickham, beating <abbr title=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/english-premiership\/liverpool-0\">Liverpool<\/a><\/abbr> to a lad Bruce hopes will carry the flame for the traditional English No9.<\/p>\n<p>Experienced campaigners Wes Brown and John O\u2019Shea, multiple league winners medals between them, add guile, to what was last season the youngest team in the league.<\/p>\n<p>Bargains like free transfers Seb Larsson to improve set pieces, and the busy David Vaughan from <abbr title=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/english-premiership\/blackpool\">Blackpool<\/a><\/abbr>. Goals from midfield hopefully added by Craig Gardner. Even a new keeper, Ireland stopper Keiron Westwood, a sparky character.<\/p>\n<p>Bruce told the <em>Mirror<\/em>: \u201cThere\u2019s nothing better than a few new faces. It gives everybody a lift and puts them back on their toes. It gives you an excitement to say \u2018we\u2019ve bought really well\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are other problems that come with it. When you add eight, it sounds great, but you\u2019ve got to find a formula, find a balance to the team. That\u2019s important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/english-premiership\/sunderland\">It\u2019s kicking off again! Click here for your No1 source for Sunderland transfer market news and gossip.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Originally posted here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/sunderland-boss-bruce-excited-after-stunning-summer-signing-spree\/\" title=\"Sunderland Boss Bruce Excited After Stunning Summer Signing Spree\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sunderland Boss Bruce Excited After Stunning Summer Signing Spree<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Blackpool Liverpool Sunderland Sunderland boss Steve Bruce is delighted with their summer signing spree. He\u2019s spent \u00a38.2 million on teenage talent in Connor Wickham, beating Liverpool to a lad Bruce hopes will carry the flame for the traditional English No9. Experienced campaigners Wes Brown and John O\u2019Shea, multiple league winners medals between them, add guile, to what was last season the youngest team in the league. <\/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-467014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sunderland Boss Bruce Excited After Stunning Summer Signing Spree - 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\/07\/24\/sunderland-boss-bruce-excited-after-stunning-summer-signing-spree\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Sunderland Boss Bruce Excited After Stunning Summer Signing Spree - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Blackpool Liverpool Sunderland Sunderland boss Steve Bruce is delighted with their summer signing spree. 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