Pete Sixsmith offers his thoughts on all the Stadium of Light developments: the exit of Jermain Defoe, the strong talk of Derek McInnes being on the verge of appointment as manager – and, first as you’d expect, the likely departure of Jordan Pickford …
At last things appear to be moving at the Stadium of Inertia, both in and out.
The retained list has been announced and it looks as if some of last season’s players may be moving on now that their contracts are up.