Whatever striker we go after needs to be kept under wraps. Swansea, Palace and Everton are just three other clubs who are also going to be in the market looking for one, there will be others.
He's played the situation well. He was one of the main contenders a few weeks back, but Big Sam 'publically withdrew' as Everton hadn't made him an offer. No doubt he can now swan in, head high after having negotiated a very good wage and bonus package for keeping them up.
I hope Bong will ink a new deal, he's coped with the step up a lot better than I thought he would. Not sure on Krul, he's not impressed in the u-23's I've seen him play in, and think he'll leave for somewhere that may be able to offer him regular matches. Also have this nagging feeling that...
And Lewis Dunk is valued at £4.5m on transfermkt. Unless you think that Lewis is genuinely worth that amount, can we agree that all figures on Transfermkt can be safely ignored? Please.
No games are being moved that weekend. Decisions have been made long ago. The games being televised that weekend are: Man Utd vs Southampton, Palace vs City, Spurs vs West Ham and West Brom vs Arsenal.
If exceeding expectations to that level secures him the Sunderland job, then I'll hate to think what kind of opportunities would have been available if he had done a bad job.
Few more not in the EU, but within UEFA...
Iceland - Ívar Ingimarsson & Valur Gíslason
Belarus - Ihar Hurynovich
USSR - Sergey Gotsmanov
Norway - Vegard Forren
Answers for these type of questions always tend to go for forwards. Kevin De Bruyne has to be in contention, Sergio Busquets and Leonardo Bonucci aren't far behind.