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EMBLETON STAYING WITH CATS

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The LeaguePaper Team
17 October 2021

LEE Johnson says Elliot Embleton is “on the way to becoming the player we know he can be” after he signed a new long-term deal at Sunderland.
The 22-year-old midfielder impressed on loan at Blackpool last season and has since broken into the Black Cats’ first team.
He is now tied down until the summer of 2025, and boss Johnson said: “He is a player with top technique with both feet, which is quite unusual, and he’s on the way to becoming the player we know he can be.
“There’s a lot of potential.”

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