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10 players YOU wish Sunderland had signed - the deals that never happened despite strong links

Sunderland have been linked with a number of transfer deals over the years.

And many players seem to have been continuously talked about in regards to a move to Wearside over a number of years without much actually happening.

Which, as we know, is always a massive frustration for passionate fans in the North East.

On our Facebook page, we asked Sunderland fans for the player the Black Cats were constantly linked with but never actually signed.

Here, we take a look at the results: