Sunderland winger Luke Molyneux has sent a message of support to former team-mate Josh Maja, ahead of the striker making his Bordeaux bow on Sunday.

Maja was on the books at Sunderland until the January transfer window and proved to be a key source of goals for Black Cats boss Jack Ross.




But Maja would not sign a new contract at the Stadium of Light and the League One club opted to sell him to French Ligue 1 outfit Bordeaux.

Maja has been handed a start by Bordeaux this afternoon against Toulouse in a Ligue 1 game.
 


And Sunderland attacker Molyneux took to social media to wish his former team-mate well.

Molyneux wrote: "Show them what you can do lad."
 

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Maja, who scored 15 goals in 24 League One games for Sunderland this season, penned a four-and-a-half-year deal at Bordeaux.

Sunday's game against Toulouse represents his Ligue 1 debut after he was an unused substitute against Paris Saint-Germain.