Steve Bruce was impressed with the performance of Ji Dong-won after watching the striker in South Korea's 2-1 2014 World Cup Qualifying win over the United Arab Emirates.
Bruce watched Dong-won play 72 minutes at the World Cup Stadium in Suwon on Tuesday, visiting as part of a Sunderland delegation kindly invited by the South Korean FA.
The Black Cats chief is without ineligible striker Nicklas Bendtner for this weekend's trip to Arsenal, with Dong-won one of the prime candidates to fill the big Dane's boots.
And the frontman, signed from Chunnam Dragons in the summer, appears to have done his chances of selection no harm.
"Firstly I must thank the Korean FA for their kind invitation to attend the game - we thoroughly enjoyed it," Bruce told safc.com.
"The Korean fans really got behind their team and Ji is clearly a crowd favourite. He looked lively and worked hard for the team, which stands him in good stead for Sunday's game against Arsenal.
"The Korean fans really got behind their team and Ji is clearly a crowd favourite. He looked lively and worked hard for the team, which stands him in good stead for Sunday's game against Arsenal.
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