Sunderland last night announced that Kazenga LuaLua had joined the club on a short term deal on a free transfer from Premier League side Brighton.

The explosive winger is the second January signing on Wearside and will join up with his new teammates ahead of Tuesday's crucial clash against Birmingham at St. Andrew's.

The former Newcastle man has played over 200 games in his career with the vast majority coming in the second tier.

However, whilst he was on the books at Brighton for their promotion last season, the 27-year old played no part and was loaned out to QPR at one stage of the campaign.

Nevertheless, LuaLua will bring real pace to a Sunderland side that are lacking in the final third. Chris Coleman's men have managed to score just four goals in their previous nine games.

Therefore, it's perhaps not too surprising that most fans were looking forward to the attack-minded LuaLua joining up with the squad.

Here's how they reacted on twitter...