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Sunderland announce signing of Le Havre midfielder El-Hadji Ba

The French youngster signs a three-year contract

Jozy Altidore in action for AZ Alkmaar against FC Den Bosch

Jozy Altidore 'thrilled' after completing move to Sunderland

The American has signed a four-year contract

Jozy Altidore in action for AZ Alkmaar against FC Den Bosch

Sunderland set to announce £6m deal for American forward Jozy Altidore

Phil Bardsley has emerged as a target for Fulham

PSG manager Laurent Blanc admits interest in Newcastle midfielder Yohan Cabaye

The Magpies set a price of £30m on the France international

Vito Mannone

Sunderland sign Arsenal goalkeeper Vito Mannone to replace Simon Mignolet

The Italian cost in the region of £2m

Dean Whitehead has joined Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough snap up Dean Whitehead on a free transfer after Stoke exit

Midfielder signs on a two-year deal after four-year spell at the Brittania

Paolo Di Canio

Sunderland have agreed to sign defender Benjamin Mendy according to his current club Le Havre

Ligue 1 club's president announces that deal is place with Black Cats for transfer of the 18-year-old

Mignolet, 25, has been in fine form for Sunderland, attracting the attention of Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and former Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson

Simon Mignolet signs for Liverpool: Factfile

Liverpool have confirmed the signing of goalkeeper Simon Mignolet from Sunderland. The 25-year-old Belgium international has signed a long-term contract, having passed a medical, after the Reds agreed a fee with Sunderland on Friday which could rise to £11million-plus.

Sunderland manager Paolo Di Canio

Titus Bramble tells Sunderland manager Paolo Di Canio he 'has a lot to learn'

Defender says working under the Italian was 'strange'

Ahmed Elmohamady

Hull hopeful of completing deal for Sunderland midfielder Ahmed Elmohamady

The Egyptian spent last season on loan at the KC Stadium

Titus Bramble and Matt Kilgallon to leave Sunderland

Di Canio to overhaul squad he inherited from Martin O'Neill with six or seven summer additions

Paolo Di Canio, left, and Andre Villas Boas, right, urge on their teams from the touchline yesterday
Connor Wickham

Justify your price tag or else, Paolo Di Canio warns £10m Sunderland 'Playboy' Connor Wickham

Striker told to stop wearing 'small t-shirts'

James Ward-Prowse celebrates following Jason Puncheon's equaliser but neither team is safe from relegation

Sunderland 1 Southampton 1 match report: Sunderland prolong the agony, leaving Paulo Di Canio with plenty to ponder with relegation still a possibility

Draw means both sides not mathematically safe but have hit 'crucial' 40-point tally

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