The Sunderland Chronicle
Market10 Aug 2026
Sunderland turn down Monaco for Nordi Mukiele
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market10 Aug 2026
Brian Brobbey wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Sunderland hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Omar Alderete signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Omar Alderete commits to Sunderland for another 4 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
Norwich City join the queue for Wilson Isidor
Add another name to the list: Norwich City have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Wilson Isidor. The answer from Sunderland has not changed — yet.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Reinildo in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Sunderland this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Sunderland training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lewis Campbell is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Omar Alderete knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Omar Alderete trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market10 Aug 2026
Abdoullah Ba told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Abdoullah Ba has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Sunderland.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Abdoullah Ba gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- Squad Robin Roefs wants to know why he earns less
- The terraces The Bertrand Traoré rumours reach the terraces