Sunderland's Kaboul hopes to be back at his best soon

The 29-year-old Frenchman joined Sunderland from Tottenham Hotspur and has struggled for form and fitness during the club's previous matches in their Premier League campaign.

Sunderland's Kaboul hopes to be back at his best soon

(Reuters)





"I'm still a bit far from my best because I didn't have a pre-season, but I'm working hard every day in training to make sure that I'm at it at the weekend," Kaboul told the club's website (www.safc.com).

"I felt better against Villa and I felt better again on Saturday so step by step I will get there."

Sunderland, who narrowly escaped relegation last season, sit second from bottom in the Premier League table with two points from five matches.

Ryan Mason's 82nd-minute dinked effort consigned them to a defeat against Spurs at the Stadium of Light but Kaboul said it was a positive performance from Sunderland.

"We had a good game and we lost it, but what I'm going to keep is that we played good and I'm very happy especially with the mentality that we had on the pitch and the spirit," he added.

"We'll recover and then prepare to kick on to get a positive result next week."

Sunderland make the trip to the Vitality Stadium on Saturday to face promoted side Bournemouth, who lie 16th in the table.





(Reporting by Shravanth Vijayakumar in Bengaluru; editing by Sudipto Ganguly)


Share

2 min read

Published

Updated

Source: Reuters


Share this with family and friends


Get SBS News daily and direct to your Inbox

Sign up now for the latest news from Australia and around the world direct to your inbox.

By subscribing, you agree to SBS’s terms of service and privacy policy including receiving email updates from SBS.

Download our apps
SBS News
SBS Audio
SBS On Demand

Listen to our podcasts
An overview of the day's top stories from SBS News
Interviews and feature reports from SBS News
Your daily ten minute finance and business news wrap with SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves.
A daily five minute news wrap for English learners and people with disability
Get the latest with our News podcasts on your favourite podcast apps.

Watch on SBS
SBS World News

SBS World News

Take a global view with Australia's most comprehensive world news service
Watch the latest news videos from Australia and across the world