Mensah could move to Sunderland on loan

Sunderland hope to secure the season-long loan signing of Lyon defender John Mensah within the next 48 hours.

"It's fair to say that we are close to agreeing a deal, I'll hopefully know more in the next 24-48 hours but we hope so," said manager Steve Bruce.

The Ghanaian centre-half would provide defensive reinforcement at Sunderland.