Italian stopper pleased to be returning to England.
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Sunderland new boy Andrea Dossena has said that he didn’t have to think twice about making a return to England by claiming the decision to join the Black Cats was an ‘easy choice’, Sky Sports reports.
The former Liverpool man completed his move to the Stadium of Light on transfer deadline day for an undisclosed fee from Serie A giants Napoli.
Having spent just 18 largely unhappy months in the Premier League with the Reds, he claimed that he jumped at the chance to link up with Paolo Di Canio in order to test himself in England once again.
The 31-year-old told the club’s official website: “It’s easy for me to decide to come to Sunderland. I’m very happy to be here, to come to England in the Premier League.
“I’m very happy because I start to work with (an) Italian head coach and I know his kind of football, his kind of work; he worked hard and tried to do his best on the pitch and it’s the same from my career.
“The Premier League is the (most) beautiful league in the world. I left in 2010 and now I come back because I think that I can do my best for Sunderland.”
Dossena made his debut in English football at the Stadium of Light back in 2008, and is looking to experience the special atmosphere once again.
“I want to go out on the pitch in one hour. I hope that I will feature in the Arsenal game,” he added.
“My first game for Liverpool was against Sunderland and I remember the fantastic stadium, the atmosphere was very amazing, and now I can see that the club is a great organisation and all the staff try to do the best for my work.
“The fans are very important for (a) player because they are the 12th player on the pitch. When you go in the stadium you can feel the atmosphere, you can feel the support on the team – for me it’s important, I want to do my best for the team and for the supporters.”