£2m ace admits he was ‘close’ to joining Sunderland instead of Championship rivals
With Sunderland making their best start to a season in 99 years, any lingering frustration about how the transfer window turned out is quickly being…

Sunderland have won six top-flight titles titles, finished runners-up five times and won the FA Cup twice. They were relegated to the Championship for the first time in 10 years at the end of 2016–17, finishing bottom of the table and suffered a second successive relegation to League One before bouncing back to the second tier via the play-offs.
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