Sunderland's hall of shame: club's (mostly bad) signings under Short

26 April 2018 09:56
From the anonymous to the calamitous via the odd decent buy, the full list of players brought in under Ellis Short’s sorry reignThese are all the transfers/seasons that post-date May 2009 when Ellis Short assumed full control of Sunderland. Short did take a controlling interest in the club in September 2008 but we have not included recruitment between then and summer 2009 as, at that time, he delegated transfer business to Niall Quinn and the Drumaville consortium also still had a limited say. Related: Large debts, absent owner, no identity – what next for Sunderland? | Louise Taylor Related: Sunderland’s feckless decline was coming. At least fans have a parrot | Jonathan Wilson Continue readingreadfullarticle

Source: TheGuardian