Peruzzi-Sunderland deal falls through after medical

Sunderland boss Paolo Di Canio has revealed that Argentinian full-back Gino Peruzzi will not be joining the club after all.

Just a day after the 21-year-old’s current employers Velez Sarsfield claimed the deal would go through following the Black Cats’ return from Hong Kong, where they are playing in the Barclays Asia Trophy, the Italian revealed the deal had been put on hold because of a problem revealed by a medical on Wearside last week.