The Sunderland Chronicle
Market23 Aug 2027
Sunderland sell Dan Ballard for $15.7M
Dan Ballard has left for Cardiff City in a $15.7M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Match21 Aug 2027
No end in sight to Sunderland's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Sunderland has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Sunderland
Omar Alderete was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Real improvement from Cristian Carrara at Sunderland
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Cristian Carrara is 19, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Sunderland
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad23 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Brian Brobbey
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Romaine Mundle has improved at 24, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Match21 Aug 2027
Sunderland come up short against Aston Villa
Aston Villa left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market23 Aug 2027
Jacob Miller steps up from the Sunderland academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jacob Miller has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Michael Mitchell steps up from the Sunderland academy
- Market Daniel Clark steps up from the Sunderland academy
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Bertrand Traoré