The 30-year-old defender has signed a four-year deal at the Stadium of Light for an undisclosed fee - understood to be in the region of £5m - to end his long association with the Red Devils.He was lured away by the chance to be part of Steve Bruce's summer spending spree at Sunderland.O'Shea told the official club website: "It was one of those things. I was there for 13 years and they were 13 fantastic years."But this is a nice new exciting chapter for me now and hopefully we can have good times with Sunderland like I had at Manchester United."When I spoke to Steve, the manager, and heard his ideas and the ambition he has shown this summer in the players he is signing and the improvements he wants to make at the club and the strides he wants to make to go forward, I am just looking forward to being a part of it now."The Republic of Ireland international made a total of 256 Premier League appearances for United, scoring 10 goals. He played 20 times in last season's title-winning campaign.O'Shea signed for the Black Cats just hours after former United team-mate Wes Brown, 31, had put pen to paper on a contract of the same length, again for an undisclosed fee thought to amount to £1m.Sunderland made a joint bid of more than £12m for the pair plus midfielder Darron Gibson last month, although it has taken some time to push home their interest
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