The Black Cats’ record on transfers has steadily improved since Kryil Louis-Dreyfus’ arrival at Sunderland with the Black Cats now employing a sporting director (Kristjaan Speakman) and a head of recruitment (Stuart Harvey).
Sunderland have managed to bring the likes of Patrick Roberts, Dan Ballard, Jack Clark and Pierre Ekwah to the club in recent seasons... but what about the transfer targets that got away?
Here, we take a look at 22 ex-Sunderland rumoured transfer targets who are now playing in Championship:
Here, we take a look at 22 ex-Sunderland rumoured transfer targets who are now playing in Championship: