Steve Bruce unveiled as Sunderland boss
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Steve Bruce unveiled as Sunderland boss
Steve Bruce has been confirmed as Sunderland's new manager. After protracted negotiations, the 48-year-old sealed a three-year deal at the Stadium of Light to take up the challenge of establishing the Wearsiders in the top half of the Premier League table. Chairman Niall Quinn said: "Steve will bring a professionalism and strength of character to this club that will really help to bring us forward to where we all want to be. "He knows more than anyone what football means to people of this region and I'm confident that he will be able to instil into our players exactly what it means to play for this football club." Bruce will be joined on Wearside by coaches Eric Black, Nigel Spink and Keith Bertschin, who have agreed to follow him from his previous club Wigan. Sunderland have had to negotiate a series of obstacles to get their man, not least the issue of compensation with Wigan eventually accepting a figure slightly less than the £3 million they paid Birmingham to land Bruce in November 2007.
ITN | June 3, 2009
