InterviewNordi Mukiele ready for SunderlandNordi Mukiele is finally leaving Paris Saint-Germain. The defender, who has Congolese roots, has signed with Sunderland, the newly promoted Premier League

On Friday, Sky Sports reported that Sunderland have agreed a £9.5 million fee, plus £2.5 million in add-ons, to sign Mukiele from PSG. The move allows the defender to close his chapter in Paris after a loan spell that didn’t go as planned.

Mukiele began his senior career with Paris FC and Laval before moving to Montpellier in 2017, where he made 50 appearances in an 18-month spell. His form earned him a move to RB Leipzig, where he enjoyed four seasons and lifted the DFB-Pokal in 2022.

Mukiele, a DFB Pokal winner with RB Leipzig, spent two seasons with Ligue 1 giant, PSG, sharing the dressing room with Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Neymar.

Two of PSG’s most notable players are edging closer to an exit: Randal Kolo Muani (26), who is on the verge of returning to Juventus, and Nordi Mukiele (27), who is set

So Sunderland are signing a player who has regularly competed at the very top level, albeit one who has for a few seasons not got the level of minutes he might have liked. It's still undoubtedly a coup for a newly-promoted club. At 27, he still has a lot of very good years in the game ahead of him.