Belgium defender Thomas Meunier joins Sunderland on free transfer

[p]The ‌34-year-old arrives on a free ‌transfer after making 35 appearances in all competitions for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lille/pfDZL71o/"]‌Lille[/a] last season.[/p][p]"[b]When I ⁠got ‌the call from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sunderland/WSzc94ws/"]Sunderland[/a] asking me ​to be part of the project, of ​course it's the Premier League - it's even bigger than ⁠European ​football[/b]," [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/meunier-thomas/WUyrShAL/"]Meunier[/a] said.[/p][p]Meunier, who spent four years each at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/psg/CjhkPw0k/"]Paris Saint-Germain[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/dortmund/nP1i5US1/"]Borussia ‌Dortmund[/a], has won 83 caps for Belgium and represented his country at the 2026 World Cup.[/p][embed guid="a88c382e-b86c-4b58-b24c-1c6f1536d3a4" url="https://x.com/SunderlandAFC/status/2077316851739013141" social-type="twitter" /]