Obasi Joins Sunderland on Trial

The forward has been handed a lifeline by the Black
Cats after been shipped out of by Die Königsblauen
owing to injury woes

Sunderland boss Sam Allardyce has confirmed the club have
handed a trial to Nigeria international Chinedu Obasi.

The 29-year-old was released from German side Schalke 04
in the summer owing incessant injury woes, and the Black
Cats who are aiming to revive their stuttering start in the
English topflight are keen to sign him should he impress
during his probationary stay at the Stadium of Light.

"There's a triallist in at the moment. He used to play for
Schalke but he's been injured," Allardyce was quoted by
Skysports.com.

"He's a Nigerian international and we are just seeing
because he's got a reasonably good CV, in terms of where
he's played before.

"He has been fraught with a bad injury, which is why he's
not been fixed up with a club yet, but we'd like to see him
for this week and perhaps next week.

"But I need someone who has an impact now, not in three
weeks time, so it will be a difficult task I think.

“But he's here and if he can show us anything we haven't
got then there maybe something we can do."

Obasi who boasts of 18 international caps with Nigeria with
four goals joined Schalke in 2012 after an impressive run
with TSG Hoffenheim where he scored 25 goals in 91
Bundesliga outings.

Sunderland sit at the base of the English topflight log with
three points from nine games.