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Sunderland boss Steve Bruce is confident Asamoah Gyan and Stephane Sessegnon can form a formidable partnership next season. Bruce is planning to use a 4-4-1-1 system next season, with Benin international Sessegnon playing in a second striker role behind the bigger Gyan. The Sunderland boss hopes Sessengnon can establish himself as a key player during the coming campaign after impressing in pre-season. He told the Chronicle: �Sess has come back and he�s in good shape which gives us hope. �We�ll look to keep him there because I always think that�s his best position. �There are not many teams now, who play two out-and-out strikers. One�s always off in the midfield area. �It suits Sess and it suits the team and I�m very pleased with what I�ve seen of him.�