{"id":35309,"date":"2025-12-26T23:23:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T04:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/26\/premier-league-veteran-plans-escape-from-sunderland-in-january\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T23:23:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T04:23:39","slug":"premier-league-veteran-plans-escape-from-sunderland-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/26\/premier-league-veteran-plans-escape-from-sunderland-in-january\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier League veteran plans escape from Sunderland in January"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/26\/premier-league-veteran-plans-escape-from-sunderland-in-january\/#Arthur_Masuaku_wants_to_transfer\" >Arthur Masuaku wants to transfer<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/26\/premier-league-veteran-plans-escape-from-sunderland-in-january\/#Sunderland_should_sell_Masuaku\" >Sunderland should sell Masuaku<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Sunderland defender Arthur Masuaku wants to leave the club when the January transfer window opens.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Democratic Republic of the Congo international group hopes to make a fresh start next month, the Foot RDC reports. He was not a regular starter at Sunderland and the transfer did not go well. His last appearance in the Premier League came against Manchester United in early October. He needs to move forward to play more often.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Arthur_Masuaku_wants_to_transfer\"><\/span>Arthur Masuaku wants to transfer<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">The 32-year-old is hoping to join a club where he will be a regular starter. With the World Cup play-offs looming in March, he aims to become a mainstay for his country, and to do that he needs to play regularly at club level. The defender is currently not part of the Democratic Republic of Congo national team participating in AFCON.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">It will be interesting to see if he can secure a departure when he returns to Sunderland. He&#8217;s not an important player for them, and the Black Cats are unlikely to stand in his way. They should allow him to leave and invest the proceeds from his sale into quality reinforcements.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sunderland_should_sell_Masuaku\"><\/span>Sunderland should sell Masuaku<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sunderland-v-aston-villa-premier-league-414x276.jpg.webp 414w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sunderland-v-aston-villa-premier-league-630x420.jpg.webp 630w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sunderland-v-aston-villa-premier-league-768x512.jpg.webp 768w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sunderland-v-aston-villa-premier-league-770x513.jpg.webp 770w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sunderland-v-aston-villa-premier-league-900x600.jpg.webp 900w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sunderland-v-aston-villa-premier-league-1200x800.jpg.webp 1200w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sunderland-v-aston-villa-premier-league-1536x1024.jpg.webp 1536w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sunderland-v-aston-villa-premier-league-2048x1365.jpg.webp 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1230px) 770px, (min-width:1020px) 630px, (min-width:900px) 880px, (min-width:680px) 97vw, (min-width:414px) 414px, 100vw\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arthur Masuaku with the ball during the Premier League match between Sunderland and Aston Villa. (Photo by George Wood\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">They have had an excellent run since promotion and will be aiming for a top-half spot. The team needs to improve further in order to maintain its current form and achieve good results. It remains to be seen how the situation will develop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The 32-year-old defender has shown his quality in the past for West Ham in the Premier League and could still be a useful signing for the right side. He should aim to join a club where he can compete at a fairly high level and play every week. Perhaps joining a lower intensity league would be ideal for him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunderland consider January move for exciting winger who has contributed 11 goals in 15 games this season<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunderland defender Arthur Masuaku wants to leave the club when the January transfer window opens. The Democratic Republic of the Congo international group hopes to make a fresh start next month, the Foot RDC reports. He was not a regular starter at Sunderland and the transfer did not go well. 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