Steve Bruce in for Bassong from the evening chronicle... SUNDERLAND boss Steve Bruce wants to take Newcastle’s Sebastien Bassong to Wearside. The Black Cats are also ready to hijack a deal for United’s top summer transfer target, Norway international midfielder Per Ciljan Skjelbred. Bruce is a big fan of Newcastle’s star defender Bassong, who was the pick of the United defence – and arguably their team – last season. Bassong is set to leave St James’s Park this summer in the wake of the Magpies’ relegation, and Bruce has joined the queue of Premier League clubs who are tracking the 23-year-old Frenchman. Bruce had also been linked with a raid on his former club Wigan for ex-Newcastle defender Titus Bramble to bolster the Sunderland defence, but Bassong is his preferred target i'd be fucking gutted if this came off, i know we're going to lose him anyway, but if we lose him to the scum...
id love it if we got bassong for two reasons, he was the only decent player in a squad of shite last season, and secondly i do not want titus bumble in the squad
