Scroll down and click through the pages to see Jack Ross’ men – including Lyndedn Gooch, George Honeyman, Will Grigg, Alim Ozturk and Chris Maguire – get pre-season training underway.
Sunderland play Oxford at home in the first game of the new League One season on August 3 at the Stadium of Light
5. Lynden Gooch walks into the training ground
The American reporting for duty at the Academy of Light this afternoon Photo: Ian Horrocks
6. Sunderland's squad put through their paces
All smiles at the first pre-season training session Photo: JPIMedia
7. Denver Hume
The defender could be set for a big season if he can cement himself as Jack Ross' first choice left-back Photo: JPIMedia
8. Was it something Chris Maguire said?
Alim Ozturk is all smiles Photo: JPIMedia