What about that then - we’ve got another defender! Nordi Mukiele is heading to Wearside after the club agreed a £11m deal ...

West Ham United: Randolph, Byram, Masuaku, Fernandes, Fonte, Collins, Snodgrass (Norveit), Kouyate, Carroll, Lanzini, Ayew ...

After eight years, Sunderland are back in the big time, and with West Ham first up, how do we see this one going?

Ahead of Sunderland’s Premier League return, we spoke to West Ham fan Dan Woffenden of The West Ham Way website!

This new Sunderland has the chance to get in the faces of established top-flight sides and show we aren’t back to just make the numbers up, we are going to make a good go of things, and I cannot wait.

On this day in 2018, the club commenced their League Cup campaign at home to Sheffield Wednesday, who were playing a division above and who certainly had a higher quality of player at their disposal ...