What better way to take a break from the daily links to increasingly obscure footballers from teams that you have never even heard of during these summer months than with a nice dose of nostalgia. Well you’re in luck as each week you will hear tales

Udinese boast a scouting network that is the envy of world football. If Valentino Angeloni's anticipated arrival at Sunderland is confirmed, the club will be hoping he can draw on four years of experience working at the Stadio Friuli and work towards

James McClean has been using WORDS. Few sentences instil a greater sense of fear and dread into a Sunderland fan than that. Amazingly, this time he has been doing it rather well.

Another day, another transfer link, though we are not sure this one is quite what it seems...

Josuha Guilavogui claims Sunderland and Galatasaray are interested in him.

With his contract on the verge of expiring, Titus Bramble has - for the first time in his Sunderland career - achieved a truly remarkable feat by proving he has even less awareness of himself than he has of his defensive responsibilities.

Last week we mentioned that 24-year-old full back Lucas Orban was set for talks over a Switch to Sunderland. It now appears that deal is slowly nearing a conclusion.

Two Titans of Roker Report Towers slug it out debating whether we should keep our star keeper, or sell him and reinvest the money. Who makes the better case? You decide...

Connor Wickham is expected to play a part in England's U21 European Championships campaign, but who else should Sunderland fans be keeping an eye on?