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🔴⚪️𝙎𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝘽𝙖𝙘𝙠!🔴⚪️

3,164 days since our last PL home win with many lows in between.

But, then came a 3-0 demolition of West Ham.

Sunderland are back!

Here's why one win felt so cathartic.

#SAFC

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https://t.co/2MK04W4V5j

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Phwoar 😍

[OptaJoe @OptaJoe]

11 - Sunderland’s 11 points from six Premier League games this season (W3 D2 L1) is their most in the top-flight at this stage since 1967-68 (also 11 when 3 pts/win), and the most for a promoted side after six games in the competition since West Ham in 2012-13 (11). Dreamland.

[Chris Cummings Art @christophe_art]

‘See The Lights’ is part of a selection of new arrivals at Grays Framing in Sunderland.

Call by to see the full collection that have been delivered today.

101 Sea Rd,
Fulwell,
Sunderland
SR6 9BN

0191 548 4060

[FOUNDED1879 @Founded1879]

Great work from James here. Well worth your time.

#SAFC

[James Copley @JamesCopley_]

📝 I've written a 1k-word love letter to @patrick7roberts:

✨ Playing through the pain
⚡ Moments of pure magic
🏆 A legacy of double promotion
🙌 Proved the critics wrong

A magician, an artist, a Sunderland hero...

#SAFC

https://t.co/KOPXjfw9bD

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨🔵 Marc Guiu’s return to Chelsea from Sunderland, one of the options as @Matt_Law_DT mentioned.

Talks to follow as deal does not include recall clause for this window, so might depend on club to club. ⤵️

[DanDesigns✍🏻 @dandesignsgb]

Morning Sunderland fans. Another mad day at the SoL.. Got a new one for you.

Enzo Le Fée, he’s Maginifque. 🇫🇷

My latest #SAFC print is the midfield maestro, adding to a massive collection of Sunderland stuff available!

Available now. 🤝

[FOUNDED1879 @Founded1879]

@2JackScott Agree. Suits the SoL.

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🔴⚪️Sunderland vs Brentford Match Stats 🔴⚪️

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Presented via @sahilgdwn and @adnaaan433. Both worth a follow btw.

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Roooooooefs! 🤝🔴⚪️

#SAFC

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Congrats to @craigsimp on winning the giveaway. We’ve DM’d. 👍🔴⚪️

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🔴⚪️𝙂𝙄𝙑𝙀𝘼𝙒𝘼𝙔 𝙏𝙄𝙈𝙀!🔴⚪️

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Last shout for this

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🔴⚪️𝙂𝙄𝙑𝙀𝘼𝙒𝘼𝙔 𝙏𝙄𝙈𝙀!🔴⚪️

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Great from James this. 👏

[James Copley @JamesCopley_]

Chris Rigg once again turned down interest from Premier League giants and top European clubs.

The 18-year-old’s decision was shaped by loyalty, belief and the bond with Sunderland supporters.

That and more in this exclusive story here:

#SAFC

https://t.co/AztfXmQMlq

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🔴𝘿𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙖 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝘾𝙝𝙚𝙘𝙠 𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙖 𝙍𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧🔴⚪️

This season was never going to be easy. Burnley wasn’t a reality check just a reminder - in the Premier League, efficiency matters as much as endeavour.

#SAFC

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https://t.co/0atnTZdfar

[FOUNDED1879 @Founded1879]

Stats above are p/90 and based on very small sample size of recent matches. Interesting to review some of the numbers from 2023/24 campaign in PL where Disasi played 32 times for Chelsea. More a right-footed Alderete than a Lucumi type it seems.

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🔴⚪️Axel Disasi Profile🔴⚪️

🇫🇷 French
📅 Age: 27:
📏 Height: 6’3”
📍 Position: Centre-back
🦶 Right-footed
📑 Contract with Chelsea: June 2029
💷 Valued: £19.9m

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@rossrobson Seemingly so

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Ballard injury a long one?

[Fabrice Hawkins @FabriceHawkins]

🚨Sunderland are ready to send formal bid for Axel Disasi. Bournemouth also interested as per @sachatavolieri and can offer a loan + option to buy not mandatory.
❗️Two other top clubs monitoring the french defender.

[FOUNDED1879 @Founded1879]

@DvH_NorthEast Diasi is right-footed, Lucumi left-footed. Different skill-sets too it would seem.

[Sacha Tavolieri @sachatavolieri]

🌳🔴 EXCLUSIVE: Nottingham Forest has sent a formal bid of €27,5M + €7,5M add ons this week-end to Racing Strasbourg for Dilane Bakwa. Talks currently underway to make a deal happen as #NFFC now met #RCSA €35M price expectations. #LUFC at distance.
More to follow 🔜 #mercato