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The 27-year-old, who spent last season on loan at Bayer Leverkusen, becomes Sunderland's 12th signing of the window.

The Lads marked their top flight return with a stirring 3-0 victory over West Ham. A perfect start to the new season!

Craig: Championship play-off semis: Sunderland won't win. Final: they won't win. Get promoted: Sunderland are coming straight back down. Proving the naysayers wrong is what we what we love to do! More please.

The Stadium of Light, for so long, was where Premier League aspirations came to die. There were fleeting moments of joy, enough to help its tenants stage a series of escapes from relegation to the Championship, but it became a venue synonymous with Sunderland’s perennial struggle.

The West Ham forward didn’t hold back after Sunderland’s stunning 3-0 win on the Premier League’s opening day.

By contrast, only two of the 18 teams with 10 or fewer points after the same number of matches have stayed up. Burnley were comfortably beaten 3-0 by Thomas Frank's Tottenham on Saturday afternoon, while Leeds - who welcome Everton to Elland Road on Monday - have their work cut out to match Sunderland's memorable opening-day triumph.

The first Saturday of the Premier League season brought some incredible action, so it's time to take some bold stances