Adam Johnson News

AFTER a frustrating first season on Wearside for Adam Johnson, the Sunderland winger has welcomed Paolo Di Canio's significant transfer intentions in his first summer in charge.

It's dueling kings of comedy and dueling beauty pageants this weekend on the Strip.

Manchester United , the Premier League champions, employed a variety of formations and tactics to directly avoid the use of their trio of wingers.

Manchester City's second close-season declaration of intent has been secured with the A 14.9m signing of Sevilla's flying winger Jesus Navas... If there is one frustration factor that has driven The Etihad faithful to distraction in recent seasons, it's been a tendency to play too narrowly right through the side.

Manchester City is set to see a great deal of change in this summer transfer window.

The England No. 1 was the sole reason Roy Hodgson's team remained in the friendly against Brazil with a string of great stops to deny Stadium.

ADAM JOHNSON thinks Paolo Di Canio will make Sunderland more threatening next season after hearing how the Italian boss plans to improve on the failings of the last nine months.

PAOLO DI CANIO'S jaw-dropping sermon on the professionalism - or lack thereof - of his current Sunderland squad, dispensed after a late defeat to Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday evening, had plenty of red and white fans nodding in agreement.

New York Yankees president Randy Levine, left, Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber, centre, and Manchester City CEO Ferran Soriano were on hand to announce the birth of NYCFC on Tuesday.

Sunderland's Manager Paolo Di Canio on the touchline during the Barclays Premier League match at White Hart Lane, London on Sunday.