Clip of Sunderland players laughing at former Newcastle striker unites region ahead of derby
A clip of Sunderland players laughing at a joke about a former Newcastle United players has gone viral ahead of the Tyne Wear derby.
The biggest fixture in the North East football calendar takes place this Sunday and Sky Sports made their way north to create a video with Sunderland players Wilson Isidor and Noah Sadiki.
The full video is in the structure of a talent show, with Sunderland fans attempting to impress the Premier League duo.
A key clip to have been shared across social media shows a stand-up comedian tell jokes to Isidor and Sadiki. At one point in the video he pulls up his Sunderland shirt revealing a scar on his chest.
“It’s a scar from a heart transplant. I had an operation about five years ago” he explains.
“About five years ago my heart stopped working, just like Alexander Isak this summer” he adds, resulting in howls of laughter from the SAFC pair.
Isak stopped training with Newcastle United’s first team squad over the summer with many claiming it was a way to force a move to Liverpool, resulting in the Swedish striker becoming public enemy number one on Tyneside. He ended up getting his desired move on Monday, September 1.
Reacting to the clip, one Newcastle fan said” Isak is that embarrassing he’s got me laughing at Sunderland fans on the week of the derby” said one Newcastle fans.
Another fan added: “That’s so mad for Isak, how are you uniting the North East on this week of all weeks.”
The derby kicks off at 2pm this Sunday at the Stadium of Light, with the return fixture taking place in March.