Sunderland have made a major statement in the transfer market with the arrival of Nordi Mukiele from PSG. The France international defender, 27, has signed a four-year contract with the Black Cats after an agreement worth around €12m was reached between the two clubs.

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

IT’S BEEN eight long years but finally the Black Cats are back in the big time. Every gruesome detail of Sunderland’s downfall into League One was screened on Netflix. Now the cameras and

So far, it has been a rather busy summer for several Premier League clubs, including newly-promoted Sunderland and Leeds United.

Sunderland head coach Regis Le Bris has been speaking ahead of the Premier League curtain raiser against West Ham United