Sunderland complete loan move for Liverpool starlet Ovie Ejaria

Sunderland have completed a loan move for Liverpool midfielder Ovie Ejaria and plan to finalise a deal for Leeds goalkeeper Andy Lonergan.

Chris Coleman is desperate for reinforcements on deadline day having watched his side slump to a 3-1 defeat at relegation rivals Birmingham on Tuesday night.

The Sunderland manager wants to add a striker, with Swansea’s Ollie McBurnie a potential target, and he expects to be busy working on transfers until the close of the window.

Didier Ndong’s loan move to Watford has freed up some cash to spend on reinforcements and Coleman revealed the deal to Vicarage Road will become a permanent – for around £8million – should certain clauses in the contract be met by the midfielder.

As Ndong’s replacement, Coleman was delighted Sunderland have secured Ejaria for the rest of the campaign. The 20-year-old was a member of England’s Under-20 World Cup winning side last summer and is highly rated at Anfield but Jurgen Klopp sanctioned his temporary departure to aid his development.

‘Ndong has gone to Watford,’ said Coleman. ‘He’s made it clear that he wanted to go back to the Premier League, and the deal suited us in the end.

‘We’ll be bringing one in to replace him – a boy from Liverpool, Ovie Ejaria. He’s coming to us until the end of the season, which I’m very excited about.

‘There’s another one (Lonergan) that’s not quite there yet. There’s a little way still to go, and it’s not over the line. We’ve still got one or two things to do there, but that said, hopefully that will go through in the next 24 hours.

‘On top of that, we still need another face. With a bit of luck, it’ll be a bit of experience, but time will tell. It’s been a brutal transfer window for us, but then if we can get two or three faces before the end, it will have been a good one for us.’