SUNDERLAND manager Roy Keane has taken former Manchester City midfielder Kiki Musampa on trial.

Musampa is a free agent after leaving Turkish club Trabzonspor and has been allowed to train with the Black Cats in the hope of earning a deal.

The Holland international had spent 18 months on loan at City from Atletico Madrid but joined Trabzonspor on a three-year deal.

However that contract has now been torn up and Musampa is without a club and looking for a return to the Premier League.

Keane hopes to include the 30-year-old in the reserves' line-up against Liverpool next Tuesday.

Sunderland midfielder Dickson Etuhu, meanwhile, has been called up for the Nigerian squad for a friendly with Mexico later this month.

Etuhu is suspended for Saturday's visit of Blackburn after racking up five yellow cards.