WEST HAM defender Anton Ferdinand has been urged to leave London to join Sunderland.

Black Cats defender Nyron Nosworthy would love to form a central defensive partnership with the former England Under-21 international at the Stadium of Light.

"I found it easy to move to the North East," Nosworthy told The Journal. "I was reluctant at one point but you have to be a man and make hard decisions and it's been the best decision I have made. Looking back now I would not have changed it for the world.

"He is a good defender and his own man in his own right.

"Everyone knows what he is capable of and he was a regular for long enough at West Ham."