Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ka taea e Adam Johnson te whakauru mo te rangatira hou a Dick Advocaat i roto i te pakanga a Sunderland mo te oranga i muri i te whakapumautanga o te karapu ka 'arotake i tana tuunga' mo tana whakatārewatanga. I whakakorehia e Sunderland a Johnson, 27, i te wa e tatari ana ki te otinga o te tirotirohanga pirihimana i muri i tana hopukina i te Poutu-te-rangi 2 mo te whakapae mo te taatai ki tetahi kotiro 15-tau-te pakeke. I te Rātū i whakawhānuihia te herenga o Johnson e rima wiki ki te 23 o Aperira. I kii te karapu i roto i tetahi korero: 'I muri i te whakatau a te pirihimana, ka arotakehia e te karapu tana tuunga.' Ko Adam Johnson, e whakaahuahia ana me tana hoa wahine a Stacey Flounders, kua roa tana herenga tae noa ki te 23 o Aperira. Ka taea e te winger 27-tau te whakauru atu ki te kaiwhakahaere hou a Dick Advocaat i roto i te pakanga a Sunderland mo te oranga. I katia ngā tatau o te whare rangatira £1.85million a Johnson whai muri i tana hopu i te tīmatanga o tēnei marama. Kei te whakangungu a Johnson me tetahi kaiako tinana ana mena ka whakatau te karapu ki te whakakore i tana aukati ka taea e te winger £ 10 miriona te takaro i tana tukinga tuatahi i te kaainga i te whakataetae Tyne-Wear ki a Newcastle i te Ratapu o te Aranga. I eke a Johnson i te whaainga anake i St James 'Park i te tukinga o te tukinga i te marama o Tihema, a ka kitea he taiao kino hei hoki mai. I mua i tera, ka haere a Sunderland ki West Ham i te Rahoroi me Advocaat e whakahaere ana mo te wa tuatahi. E mōhio ana a Sportsmail ahakoa ka pupuri a Advocaat i a rātau ki te Pirimia, ka hoki ia ki Aotearoa i te marama o Mei. He whakaaro kei tona whenua, kua whakaaetia e tana wahine, e Dieuwke, te 67-tau-tawhito ki te whakatutuki i tana wawata ki te whakahaere i Ingarangi i mua i tana reti. Ko te kaitakaro o mua o Manchester City a Johnson kua whakamutua e Sunderland mai i tana mauheretanga. I takaro a Johnson i nga meneti 81 o te hinganga 2-0 a Sunderland ki a Manchester United i mua tata i tana mauheretanga. Ko Johnson, e whakaahuatia ana e takaro ana ki a Switzerland i te tau 2011, e 12 nga kape o Ingarangi ki tona ingoa. I kii te rangatira o Sunderland a Ellis Short: 'He tino CV a Dick me te wheako nui o te whakahaere i te taumata teitei rawa atu. Kotahi noa iho tātau whāinga ināianei <unk> kia eke ki runga i te tēpu.' Ka mea a Advocaat: 'He karapu nui a Sunderland...
Kua whakaroa te herenga o Adam Johnson mo te rima wiki ki te 23 o Aperira. E whakapumautia ana e Sunderland ka 'arotake i tōna tūnga' i runga i te whakatārewatanga o Johnson. I whakakorehia a Johnson e te karapu i te wa e tatari ana ki te otinga o te tirotirohanga pirihimana.