TITUS Bramble says ambition has driven him to join Sunderland and he is completely unfazed by the challenges ahead of him.
The 28-year-old knew a move to the Stadium of Light would not necessarily be straight-forward, given his high-profile Newcastle United past.
But he is positively relishing the opportunity he now has on Wearside and is determined to show that he ca
n be part of a Sunderland success story.
"After last season, Sunderland are looking to keep on improving," he said.
"I know they're a club that are ambitious and I wanted to be a part of that.
"They've got a great manager and the only way is up as far as I'm concerned.
"People might say top 10 is the goal but I don't see why we can't push for Europe, I really don't.
"I've been here a few days and I've seen the players we've got here and the squad is being improved by the manager, so I think it's an exciting time.
"Sunderland is a new challenge for me and I just felt at my age, I needed that.
"My career won't go on forever and I want to make the absolute most of it.
"I played for a very big club at Newcastle, but Wigan was smaller.
"I haven't got a bad word to say about Wigan, they were great for me and the people there were great.
"But I wanted the opportunity to show I can do it at a big club and that is exactly what Sunderland is.
"Sunderland are just as big as Newcastle, if not bigger at the moment and I think they can be bigger still if we get it right."
