Sunderland goalkeeper Robin Roefs has accepted links to the likes of Chelsea and Liverpool as a “compliment” but warned that it is nothing more than spurious whispers at this point.
Roefs has been a fundamental aspect of Sunderland’s remarkable campaign back in the Premier League following promotion. The towering Dutchman only moved to Wearside for an initial £9 million ($12.2 million) over the summer after one full season of senior football to his name at boyhood club NEC Nijmegen. Now a revered Premier League shot-stopper with eight clean sheets to his name this season, some of the division’s elite have been billed as admirers.
