And with the transfer window having slammed shut yesterday, we take a look at all the deals completed in third tier this summer. Scroll down and click through the pages to see EVERY signing made by Sunderland’s rivals this summer – and the players they have let go over the past few months:
17. Shrewsbury Town
In: Ethan Ebanks-Landell (Wolves), Daniel Udoh (AFC Telford), Joe Murphy (Bury), Ryan Giles (Wolves - loan), Aaron Pierre (Northampton Town), Steve Morison (Millwall), Max O’Leary (Bristol City - loan), Luke McCormick (Chelsea - loan), Donald Love (Sunderland), Sean Goss (QPR), Louis Thompson (Norwich City - loan), Callum Lang (Wigan - loan), Jason Cummings (Nottingham Forest) | Out: Steve Arnold (Northampton Town), James Bolton (Portsmouth), Lee Angol (Leyton Orient), Aaron Amadi-Holloway (Brisbane Roar), Ryan Haynes (Newport County), Mat Sadler (Walsall), Alex Gilliead (Scunthorpe United), Abo Eisa (Scunthorpe United), Luke Waterfall (Grimsby Town), Reice Charles-Cook (Macclesfield Town) Photo: Gareth Copley
18. Southend United
In: Brandon Goodship (Weymouth), Mark Milligan (Hibernian), Nathan Ralph (Dundee), Joe Shaugnessy (St Johnstone), Layton Ndukwu (Leicester City - loan), Ethan Hamilton (Manchester United - loan), Andre Blackman (free agent), Liam Ridgewell (Hull City) | Out: Theo Robinson (Colchester United - loan), Dru Yearwood (Brentford) Photo: Tom Dulat
19. Sunderland
In: Conor McLaughlin (Millwall), Lee Burge (Coventry City), Jordan Willis (Coventry City), Marc McNulty (Reading - loan), George Dobson (Walsall), Joel Lynch (QPR), Laurens De Bock (Leeds United - loan) | Out: Lamine Kone (Racing Club Strasbourg), Reece James (Doncaster), Luke Molyneux (Hartlepool United), Lee Cattermole (VVV Venlo, Donald Love (Shrewsbury Town), Bryan Oviedo (FC Copenhagen), George Honeyman (Hull City), Ethan Robson (Grimsby Town - loan) Photo: Clive Brunskill
20. Tranmere Rovers
In: Stefan Payne (Bristol Rovers), Darren Potter (Rotherham United), Corey Blackett-Taylor (Aston Villa), Kieron Morris (Walsall), Sid Nelson (Millwall), Calum Woods (Bradford City), George Ray (Northampton Town), Jordan Ponticelli (Coventry City - loan), Morgan Ferrier (Walsall), Jay Harris (Macclesfield Town), Kane Wilson (West Brom - loan), Jacob Maddox (Chelsea - loan), Rushain Hepburn-Murphy (Aston Villa - loan) | Out: James Norwood (Ipswich Town), Ben Tollitt (Blackpool) Photo: Lewis Storey