Former Rangers striker Tore Andre Flo's move to Sunderland from Ibrox has been criticised by then-Stadium of Light chairman Sir Bob Murray.

The forward joined the Black Cats on transfer deadline day at the beginning of the 2002/03 season after a tough spell in Glasgow.

Flo scored just four goals that campaign as Sunderland were relegated and the ex-Premier League head honcho detailed his frustration at the move and explained a conversation he had with then-Ibrox chairman David Murray.

"We had started the season and we had won somewhere. Leeds or something. Then, right at the death of the deadline day Peter (Reid) wanted (Marcus) Stewart, who was a proven player and Flo. Two proven frontmen," former chairman Murray told The Echo about Flo's transfer to Sunderland.

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"Flo was a phenomenal cost and he didn't want to be here. It was quite obvious that he didn't want to be here. He had moved and had no desire to be here.

"He had been at Chelsea and Rangers and he was at the end of his career. We had started the season and we had won somewhere. Leeds or something.

The body language everything, the whole thing. He was a fortune, the wages too. He wasn't bothered. I phoned my friend David Murray who I have known for a long time at Rangers, he sold me him.

"I rang him up and said: 'How dare you sell me that plank for £8million.' And he said, 'Bob, I paid £13million for him.' Obviously, it was a bad season."