New Sunderland man Conor McLaughlin delighted to come aboard | OneFootball

Conor McLaughlin says he’s hoping to bring an attacking threat to Sunderland next season.

The Northern Ireland international joins on a free transfer and becomes Jack Ross’s first signing of the summer after leaving Millwall at the end of last season.

And after training with his new team-mates for the first time on Tuesday, the full-back has explained what the Black Cats’ faithful can expect from him.

“I like to get forward, I like to think I’m composed on the ball,” he told the club’s official website.

“I’ve played at this level before with Fleetwood and we almost got promoted, so I’d like to think I’ll be good at this level.”

McLaughlin was named in the League One team of the season the last time he played at that level and he says it was a current Sunderland star who convinced him to move to the Stadium of Light.

“I’ve been speaking to Will Grigg over the past few days and he’s only had good things to say about the club,” he said.

“I didn’t need any reassurance anyway, but he did have nothing but good things to say.

“I’ve known about the interest for a few weeks now.

“I was away on international duty for a couple of weeks earlier in the summer and things started ticking away, but when I returned from Northern Ireland things really sped up from there.

“It sort of took the decision out of my hands as soon as I heard there was interest because it’s a massive club that deserves to be much higher up the divisions and I will be doing all I can to help it get there.

“I was massively impressed [by the facilities], not many clubs have access to this and obviously I’ve been aware of Sunderland over the years when they were in the Premier League for a long time. It’s a massive club and I’m delighted to get the chance to come here.”