Talented young Australian defender Nectarios Triantis has signed with English Championship club Sunderland for an undisclosed fee from Central Coast Mariners.
Triantis, 20, had only played seven minutes in the A-League Men with Western Sydney when he joined the Mariners ahead of last season but quickly became a crucial part of the team that won a fairytale championship.
The central defender made 26 appearances, starting all but four of those matches, and earned selection on the bench in the PFA team of the season.
Triantis is poised to join Bailey Wright at Sunderland, though the Socceroos veteran was loaned out to fellow Championship outfit Rotherham for the second half of last season.