Europe, a quiet transfer window and last season’s success have made Sunderland an easy target - but have the so-called experts learned nothing?

How each outlet headlined it

• Yahoo Sports

  Europe, a quiet transfer window and last season’s success have made Sunderland an easy target - but have the so-called experts learned nothing?
• BBC Football

  Sunderland were one of the stories of the 2025-26 Premier League season - but can they do it again this time around, with added European commitments?