Mukiele, who became Sunderland’s 12th summer signing when he joined from PSG on Sunday, has trained this week and Le Bris says the 27-year-old will offer crucial versatility in the backline.
Le Bris will be able to name an unchanged side at Burnley if he wishes, with Jenson Seelt having quickly recovered from the injury that forced him off in the opening day win over West Ham United.
The head coach must now decide whether to stick with Seelt or hand Omar Alderete his first start, with the Paraguay international having impressed from the bench against the Hammers.
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Arthur Masuaku is now fit enough to come into contention, and Mukiele is another defensive option for Le Bris moving forward, with the 27-year-old comfortable playing in a number of different positions.
“Nordi has trained partly this week with us so he is almost ready,” said Le Bris of his new recruit.
“We will make a decision on Friday as to whether we go with him this weekend or whether we wait for Tuesday.
“Arthur has trained normally this week, so he is ready.
“Nordi is versatile which is a big positive for us, it’s not always the case with new signings.
“Probably his best position in our current squad is either the right back or the right centre back, but also giving us the opportunity to play with three centre backs as well, so this is a positive for us.
“He’s a really well balanced player, good experience, hard worker and a good team mate. He also has the ability to be strong in the air which I think is very important for us.
“We started with quite a small squad but we have begun to change this with Nordi, Omar, Arthur. This will help us with the challenges we have.”
The injured Luke O’Nien, Aji Alese, Dennis Cirkin and Leo Hjelde will all remain sidelined for the next three games at least in all competitions.
Le Bris said: “We’ll have to wait until the next international break for Luke, Aji, Dennis and Leo.
“They are in the same bracket.”
