The Sunderland Chronicle
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Sunderland make their move for Geny
$28.8M on the table at Sporting CP. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Door shut on Iliman N'Diaye
Sunderland asked and Everton said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Sunderland make their move for Fotis Ioannidis
$21.1M on the table at Sporting CP. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
An offer of $6.0M for Lamine Cissé
Sunderland have gone to Stoke City with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Market17 Aug 2026
Sunderland plan ahead with Igoh Ogbu from Slavia Prague
The most awkward business a club does is signing tomorrow's answer while today's is still in the building. Igoh Ogbu comes from Slavia Prague for exactly that purpose, and the handover will not be discussed publicly by anybody.
Market17 Aug 2026
Sunderland turn down Western Sydney Wanderers for Ahmed Abdullahi
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Sunderland go back to the board over Lamine Cissé
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $6.2M — a club that wants Lamine Cissé enough to be asked twice.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Sunderland
2 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market17 Aug 2026
Sunderland promote Jacob Allen from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jacob Allen has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Jonathan Atkinson steps up from the Sunderland academy
- Squad Tempers go at Sunderland
- Squad The formation has left Igoh Ogbu behind