SUNDERLAND'S proposed January move for Lorient defender Lamine Kone is off - and the club are 'outraged'.
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| Lamine Kone's move from Lorient to Sunderland has collapsed |
The Black Cats were close to finalising a £5million deal for the 26-year-old but the move collapsed.
Sam Allardyce confirmed yesterday that the Sunderland will not go ahead with a move for the centre-back, despite the Ligue 1 side accepting the offer.
"It's quite outrageous," said Lorient vice-president Alex Hayes.
"We gave Sunderland our consent last Tuesday, Lamine left the next day to have contract talks, but the player warned us there were problems in negotiating his contract.
"Because of the holidays it dragged out until Monday. They tried to change the pre-agreed deal. Lamine called me to ask if he could return to Lorient and I told him with great pleasure."
Despite this setback, Kone is still on the radar of a number of Premier League clubs with Aston Villa and Norwich both said to have tabled bids for the French-born Ivory Coast international.
And French newspaper L'Equipe claim that Newcastle are also showing a keen interest in the player.
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