ARSENAL LOSING OUT TO SUNDERLAND IN RACE TO SIGN BENJAMIN MENDY

ABOVE: Interest is high in Benjamin Mendy

Cardiff were also interested in snapping him up

27th June 2013

By Jack Wilson

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SUNDERLAND have stormed ahead of Arsenal in the race to sign Benjamin Mendy.

Reports in France have suggested the Black Cats are in pole position to land the 18-year-old Le Havre left-back Benjamin Mendy after agreeing a fee for the player.
Sources on Wearside today played down the claims that their interest in the France Under-19 international defender is as advanced as that, but confirmed he is very much in the club's sights as they attempt to boost the playing staff.
Sunderland have been without a specialist left-back for some time, with loan signing Danny Rose having plugged a gap - which has also been filled at times by midfielders Kieran Richardson and Jack Colback and right-back Phil Bardsley in the recent past - last season.
StarSport yesterday reported how Mendy was at the centre of six-way tug-of-war.

Cardiff were also interested in snapping him up, as were Juventus, Lyon and Marseille.
Meanwhile, Egypt international winger Ahmed Elmohamady's proposed move to Hull is close to being completed.
The 25-year-old midfielder spent all but a few weeks of last season on loan at the KC Stadium as Steve Bruce, the man who had initially brought him to England during his time in charge at the Stadium of Light, handed him another chance to prove himself.
Elmohamady made a total of 41 appearances and scored three goals as the Tigers secured their return to the Premier League.