SUNDERLAND OFFERED COULDN’T BE REFUSED

Rennes chief Dreossi has spoken on Gyan sale saying that Sunderland made offer he could not refuse. Sunderland splashed out a record fee for the Ghana international on transfer deadline day.

Rennes general manager Pierre DrĂ©ossi said: “We wanted to keep Asamoah for another year and sell Ismael Bangoura, but the offer from Sunderland was not refusable neither for the player nor the club.

“We would have preferred to settle the transfer 15 days before the closure of the market. This would have allowed us to consider things more.”