Pre Season:
Transfer News:
Vladimir Weiss joins Sunderland from Manchester City for a fee of £1,500,000
Manager Comments: Vladimir is a young player who will do great
Sol Campbell joins Sunderland on a free transfer
Manager Comments: A gamble but i feel he can still do it in the Premiership
Oscar Ustari joins Sunderland from Getafe C.F S.A.D for a fee of £5,250,000
Manager Comments: Oscar is a great keeper and will fight Gordon for the number 1 shirt
Matt James joins Sunderland from Manchester United for a fee of £1,000,000
Manager Comments: Matt will turn out great so im glad to bring him here to sunderland
Fernando Gago joins Sunderland from Real Madrid C.F for a fee of £4,800,000
Manager Comments: Gago is a great player and will give competiton for the central midfield positions
Romelu Lukaku joins Sunderland from RSC Anderlecht for a fee of £2,500,000
Manager Comments: Im delighted that he has joined us and will give great competiton for the striking line up
Adam Matthews joins Sunderland from Cardiff City on loan for an initial fee of £325,000 but can be brought for anytime for a fee of £1,800,000
Manager Comments: Adam is a great young player and im sure he will do well on loan and will be part of the team next season
Andres Guardado joins Sunderland from R.C. Deportivo de La Coruna S.A.D for a fee of £4,300,000
Manager Comments: Andres is a great player and will do well with us
Nicky Shorey joins Sunderland from Aston Villa for a fee of £3,700,000
Manager Comments: Nicky is a great left back and will be happy to have him
Total Spent so far in the Summer Transfer Window: £23,500,000
Roy O'Donovan leaves Sunderland to join Coventry City on loan for 6 months
Manager Comments: Roy needed first team football and i felt at the moment he wont get it so was best to send him out on loan
Steed Malbranque leaves Sunderland to join Olympique Lyonnais for a fee of £3,500,000
Manager Comments: Was not needed by us so was sold
Martin Fulop leaves Sunderland to join Panathinaikos AO for a fee of £2,600,000
Manager Comments: had better players after signing Ustari
Trevor Carson + Jordan Henderson + Daryl Murphy leave Sunderland to join Southampton on loan untill the end of the season
Manager Comments: signed Southampton as a feeder club and wanted to give this players a club and use them well
David Healy leaves Sunderland to join Newcastle United on loan for 6 months
Manager Comments: With David having no chance of getting into the team at the moment it was best to let him go out on loan
Nyron Nosworthy leaves Sunderland to join AS Roma for a fee of £1,000,000
Manager Comments: with too many defenders he had to go to clear some players
Total Recieved so far in the Summer Transfer Window: £7,000,000
Pre Season Results
Sunderland 5-0 Sunderland Reserves
Ballymena United 0-5 Sunderland
Coventry City 0-2 Sunderland
Sunderland 4-0 Velez Sarsfield-Friendly Cup Semi Final
Udinese 0-1 Sunderland
Wycombe Wanderers 0-4 Sunderland
AFC Bournemouth 0-2 Sunderland