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Sunderland<\/a> are now one of three Premier League<\/a> sides in the race to sign a Scottish Premiership star, who could cost more than \u00a325m this summer.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Gone are the days of Wembley woes and dramatic Netflix series. Sunderland are club with European football to offer these days and they’re set to flex their new status in the summer transfer market,<\/p>\n The Black Cats already made a statement when they signed the likes of Brian Brobbey and Granit Xhaka this time last year, and that was before an excellent first season back in the Premier League.<\/p>\n Now, after qualifying for the Europa League, those in Wearside have reportedly set their sights on an in-demand midfielder.<\/p>\n According to Sky Sports’ Lyall Thomas, Sunderland have stormed into the race to sign Arne Engels<\/a> from Celtic, joining Nottingham Forest and Fulham in what could be a hectic battle between Premier League rivals.<\/p>\n Forest, of course, saw their \u00a325m offer for the midfielder rejected back in January and that was the first indication of just how much Celtic are looking for.<\/p>\n Our sister site Give Me Sport report that the Belgian is looking to leave<\/a>, but it seems likely that the Scottish giants will stick to their asking price of more than \u00a325m to potentially spark a bidding war between Sunderland, Forest and Fulham.<\/p>\n You scored<\/p>\n out of 20<\/p>\n \n Sunderland battling to sign wantaway star<\/strong>
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