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Stephane Sessegnon plays down switch away from The Black Cats

29 July 2013 - 13:03

Sunderland star Stephane Sessegnon has turned down reports linking him with a switch away from the Stadium of Light. 

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Reports earlier suggested that 29-year-old Benin International who recently signed a new contract in August last season was not part of the plans of manager Paolo Di Canio for the upcoming season.<br />

The Benin International told Sunderland Echo: "The speculation is okay, I have no problem with that. But I'm happy at Sunderland."<br />

"We have worked well in pre-season and hopefully we can continue like this. I'm enjoying it at Sunderland and my mind is for Sunderland now."<br />

Speaking about how the Black Cats manager's spending spree would affect the team, he added: "It's a very important time, you need to have a pre-season. You need to do the hard work to start the season well.<br />

"I think that affected me during the first few months of last season, but this year is different because we have had a good pre-season with a lot of good players coming.<br />

"That's made everyone work hard in training and we have got a strong mentality too among the players. It looks good already for the start of the season."

Written by Sri Aswin