The three players were recommended by Sunderland’s new player recruitment personnel as the Black Cats also announced the appointment of Roberto De Fanti as their director of football, while Valentino Angeloni was named the chief scout.
“Sunderland AFC has begun the process of restructuring its player recruitment operation, with the appointment of a director of football and new chief scout,” the club said in a statement.
“Roberto De Fanti joins the club in the newly-created director of football role and chief scout Valentino Angeloni is welcomed to the Black Cats from Italian giants Inter Milan.”
Roberto De Fanti had previously worked as a player agent and formerly represented the likes of John Guidetti and Nigel De Jong.
Sunderland CEO Margaret Byrne was hopeful the duo will help the Black Cats take a step up in the Premier League after narrowly escaping relegation last season.
“Roberto and Valentino bring with them a wealth of experience, knowledge and football contacts from across Europe and indeed the world and we are delighted to welcome them to Sunderland,” Byrne said.
“The recruitment of players is of course key for any football club and Roberto and Valentino will work closely with the Head Coach and the Board to identify targets as we look to strengthen our squad for next season and beyond.”
The pair have previously worked together at Inter Milan and Udinese in similar roles.They were lauded for landing top emerging talents and creating a system of buying low and selling high, like they did with Alexis Sanchez at Udinese.
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