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title: "Sunderland: Fans fume at Lee Johnson claim on Stewart Donald"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Adam Clancy"
section: "Sunderland News"
published: "2020-12-09T14:05:35Z"
modified: "2020-12-09T14:05:35Z"
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# Sunderland: Fans fume at Lee Johnson claim on Stewart Donald

**Plenty of Sunderland fans have been left fuming fter Lee Johnson was full of praise for Stewart Donald whilst speaking on [talkSPORT](https://talksport.com/).**

Speaking to the sports radio station (via [Mark Donnelly](https://twitter.com/markdonnelly_/status/1336289609479835650)), the newly-appointed head coach of the Black Cats said:

*“I had a very good chat with Stewart Donald and found him a very, very good man. His heart is in the right place, he loves the football club. The ownership group has got a very defined plan.”*

Many supporters at the Stadium of Light have [not](https://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/people/sunderland-afc-fans-hit-back-stewart-donald-2917018) had the best relationship with Donald ever since he became the owner of the Wearside club, and so these comments from Johnson have seemingly wound some of them up.

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With the new takeover of SAFC [reportedly](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/lee-johnson-sunderlands-takeover-new-19407585) just around the corner from now, a lot of fans will surely be happy to see that Donald is handing over his majority share of the club.

Sunderland are currently lingering in [ninth](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/league-one/table) place in the EFL League One table at the moment and will hope that the bounce of a new manager and change of ownership will get them back to the big time as soon as humanly possible.

### Sunderland fan reaction to Johnson comments on Donald

These Black Cats fumed on Twitter upon learning about the comments from Johnson on Donald:

https://twitter.com/rossrobson/status/1336300482306961410

> Donald should have had nothing to do with the appointment. [#DonaldOut](https://twitter.com/hashtag/DonaldOut?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Nick pauc (@Nickpauc) [December 8, 2020](https://twitter.com/Nickpauc/status/1336296222135635969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Loves a tall tale though. We’ve heard it all before and his pals contempt for all things safc has fractured relationships beyond repair. He’s got to go [#donaldout](https://twitter.com/hashtag/donaldout?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [#madroxout](https://twitter.com/hashtag/madroxout?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [#safc](https://twitter.com/hashtag/safc?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — FïD (@FishFaceFid) [December 8, 2020](https://twitter.com/FishFaceFid/status/1336319998319464450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Nearly a year on from the [#DonaldOut](https://twitter.com/hashtag/DonaldOut?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) protest, it’s clear for all to see that he’s going absolutely nowhere! [#SAFC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SAFC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [https://t.co/7yFOIffDUh](https://t.co/7yFOIffDUh)
>
> — SunderlandAFC Info (@SunderlandafcI) [December 8, 2020](https://twitter.com/SunderlandafcI/status/1336337895158763520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Right lads he’s been brainwashed we are done for [https://t.co/YefoVASNtq](https://t.co/YefoVASNtq)
>
> — ✝️ (@safcliamm) [December 8, 2020](https://twitter.com/safcliamm/status/1336333698606624780?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> I’m firmly in the Johnson out camp now [https://t.co/Df16RG5wEO](https://t.co/Df16RG5wEO)
>
> — Dan T (@DTL1984) [December 8, 2020](https://twitter.com/DTL1984/status/1336328466581450753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

[***In other news, find out how fans have reacted to an injury update from Johnson here!***](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/sunderland-afc-news/sunderland-fans-react-to-injury-update-on-key-duo/)