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With me having such a terrible memory I'm not entirely sure what the outside of the terminals at Newcastle Airport look like but twitter user @SodzE1 today posted snaps of former Manchester City stopper Costel Pantilimon supposedly after landing in the North East having disembarked a flight from Heathrow, presumably to have talks over a potential move to the club, a deal which was reported on last night by George Caulkin of the Times.
We've no reason to doubt him - @SodzE1 doesn't seem to be a Sunderland fan on looking at his twitter profile. He even posted a snap of the 6 foot 8 'keeper squeezed into his seat aboard the plane.
Disregarding the questionable footwear on display, it seems legitimate.
Pantilimon is available on a free transfer having left the Premier League champions at the end of the season and with us needing to strengthen our goalkeeping options he'd be a sensible acquisition - lets see if anything else comes of it throughout the rest of today.