{"id":480672,"date":"2011-09-03T10:13:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-03T10:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/09\/03\/sunderland-new-boy-wes-brown-looking-to-repay-steve-bruces-faith\/"},"modified":"2011-09-03T10:13:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-03T10:13:00","slug":"sunderland-new-boy-wes-brown-looking-to-repay-steve-bruces-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/09\/03\/sunderland-new-boy-wes-brown-looking-to-repay-steve-bruces-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunderland new boy Wes Brown looking to repay Steve Bruce&#8217;s faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"69.8270418668\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/537\/sunderland\">Sunderland<\/a> new boy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/1942\/wesley-brown\">Wes Brown<\/a> is looking to pay back the faith put in him by manager <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/2844\/steve-bruce\">Steve Bruce<\/a> after leaving the Premier League champions in search of regular football.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Brown made the move from Manchester United this summer after growing frustrated at a lack of first-team opportunities, and after 15 years at Old Trafford the defender is adjusting well to his new surroundings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I&#8217;ve settled in very well,&#8221; he told the club&#8217;s official website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I know all the lads now; we&#8217;re starting to gel as a team and hopefully we can start getting more points on the board.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a very similar set-up [to what I was used to at United]. The coaching staff, the way things work and everyone behind the scenes is similar and something that&#8217;s been easy for me to jump into.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think that&#8217;s why I&#8217;ve settled so quickly. It&#8217;s been no problem whatsoever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span>Bruce will relish having the experience of Brown in his defence, and the former England international is keen to repay the faith shown in him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;The manager&#8217;s been great,&#8221; Brown said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0&#8220;I was glad he wanted me in the first place and I have settled in very well here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hopefully I can pay the boss back in some sense by playing well and keeping clean sheets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"32\">\n<p><span data-bookmaker=\"Bet365\">Sign up with bet365 for a free bet up to \u00a3200<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Continued here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/09\/03\/2648877\/sunderland-new-boy-wes-brown-looking-to-repay-steve-bruces\" title=\"Sunderland new boy Wes Brown looking to repay Steve Bruce's faith\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sunderland new boy Wes Brown looking to repay Steve Bruce&#8217;s faith<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Sunderland new boy Wes Brown is looking to pay back the faith put in him by manager Steve Bruce after leaving the Premier League champions in search of regular football. Brown made the move from Manchester United this summer after growing frustrated at a lack of first-team opportunities, and after 15 years at Old Trafford the defender is adjusting well to his new surroundings. &#8220;I&#8217;ve settled in very well,&#8221; he told the club&#8217;s official website. <\/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-480672","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 new boy Wes Brown looking to repay Steve Bruce&#039;s faith - 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\/09\/03\/sunderland-new-boy-wes-brown-looking-to-repay-steve-bruces-faith\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Sunderland new boy Wes Brown looking to repay Steve Bruce&#039;s faith - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Sunderland new boy Wes Brown is looking to pay back the faith put in him by manager Steve Bruce after leaving the Premier League champions in search of regular football. 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