{"id":294,"date":"2008-07-23T23:50:42","date_gmt":"2008-07-23T22:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spursforlife.com\/?p=294"},"modified":"2008-07-23T23:50:42","modified_gmt":"2008-07-23T22:50:42","slug":"tainio-leaves-spurs-for-sunderland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spursforlife.com\/tainio-leaves-spurs-for-sunderland\/","title":{"rendered":"Tainio leaves Spurs for Sunderland"},"content":{"rendered":"
Teemu Tainio has left Spurs and joined Sunderland for an undisclosed fee.<\/p>\n
Sunderland manager Roy Keane said: “I’m delighted to sign a player of Teemu’s experience and quality, he’ll be a valuable addition to our squad.<\/p>\n
“Teemu has showed versatility, playing in different midfield positions for both Tottenham and his previous club Auxerre.<\/p>\n
“But his experience in particular and the fact he has played more than 40 international games shows he has a lot to offer Sunderland.”<\/p>\n
Good luck to Tainio – pity he was injured a lot of his time at Spurs. Should be a good signing for Sunderland, provided he can keep fit of course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Teemu Tainio has left Spurs and joined Sunderland for an undisclosed fee. Sunderland manager Roy Keane said: “I’m delighted to sign a player of Teemu’s […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[159],"class_list":["post-294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transfers","tag-teemu-tainio"],"yoast_head":"\n