DICK ADVOCAAT is set to splash the first chunk of his £40m summer warchest on Sebastian Coates.
The
Sunderland manager will make the Liverpool defender the first signing
of his new reign, with the Uruguay international set to seal a £3.5m
switch after finally calling time on a wretched four years at Anfield.
Coates will put the finishing touches to the move early next month after he returns from Copa America duty.
After overcoming injury problems at the outset of his season-long loan, Coates impressed at the Stadium of Light.
The
24-year-old made 13 appearances in the second half of the campaign to
help the Black Cats avoid relegation during Advocaat's initial nine-game
reign.
Liverpool will allow Coates to leave to
make room for Joe Gomez, Charlton's England Under-19 defender who is set
to move to Anfield in a £6m deal.
Coates has made just six Premier League starts for the Merseyside club following his arrival from Nacional in 2011.
He
hopes to resurrect his career under Advocaat, who has been promised
major funds by billionaire Sunderland owner Ellis Short to avoid a
repeat of the need for the great escapes from relegation in the last two
seasons.
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