Sunderland new boy Matt Kilgallon is relishing the chance to 実験（する） himself in the big time

By Sportsmail Reporter
Updated: 10:13 BST, 22 January 2010

Step up: Matt Kilgallon is delighted to have been given his 発射 at the big time

Sunderland new boy Matt Kilgallon is relishing the chance to 実験（する） himself in the Barclays 首相 League.

The 26-year-old 完全にするd a whirlwind switch to the Stadium of Light from Sheffield 部隊d on Thursday and すぐに 始める，決める his sights on 設立するing himself in the 最高の，を越す flight.

Kilgallon told the club's 公式の／役人 website: 'The 首相 League is definitely the place every player wants to be. I was ready to kick on and I 手配中の，お尋ね者 to play in the 最高の，を越す flight.

'I'm at a club now which has the ambition to stay in the 首相 League for years to come and I want to be a part of that.'

Kilgallon had signalled his 意向 to see out the 残りの人，物 of his 契約 with the Blades after Newcastle's 利益／興味 in him failed to result in a move earlier this month.

The York-born player, who has 調印するd a three-and-a-half-year 取引，協定, 認める the call from Sunderland （機の）カム out of the blue.

He said: 'I'm really pleased. I wasn't sure what was going on, it happened really 急速な／放蕩な. I （機の）カム here and met the gaffer, saw the 施設s and thought, 'This is for me'.

'I was out having something to ea t when I got a phone call 説 Sunderland were 利益／興味d. I almost choked on my pasta! I thought, 'Yes, let's see what they have to say', and now I'm here.'

His 経営者／支配人 Steve Bruce 追加するd: 'Matthew is a very talented defender and has been coveted by a number of 最高の，を越す-flight clubs recently, so I'm very pleased to have brought him here.

'He will 追加する to our 選択s across the 支援する ahead of some very important games. I'm sure he will 証明する to be a 広大な／多数の／重要な 調印 for the club.'

Kilgallon 認める the 決定／判定勝ち（する） to leave Bramall 小道／航路 after three years was not a difficult one, with the 適切な時期 to work under Sunderland 経営者／支配人 Steve Bruce 簡単に too good to turn 負かす／撃墜する.

He said: 'Sheffield 部隊d are a 広大な／多数の／重要な club and I had some 広大な／多数の／重要な times there, but I'm ready to go on to the next level now and hopefully I can do that here.

'The gaffer was a centre-half and he wasn't bad, was he? That was a big thing for me. Hopefully he can make me into a better player. I want to learn.

'The fan base and the 施設s are excellent here too. It was やめる an 平易な 決定／判定勝ち（する） in the end.

'Sunderland have some really good players here already. It will be 利益／興味ing to train with them and hopefully it will 改善する me too. I'm looking 今後? to it.'?