The Sunderland Echo's Joe Nicholson and Phil Smith assess Sunderland's squad ahead of the 2024/25 season.
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00:00Obviously, the striker, for obvious reasons, was the one that got most of the headlines,
00:03and that sort of holding midfield position was the other, but left-back was a huge issue
00:07that season. But it was a strange one, wasn't it? Because we were looking at going, in theory,
00:11this is one of Sunderland's strongest positions. Because actually, in Circuit de l'Elysée,
00:15you've got players who we all felt could actually be not just good Championship left-backs,
00:19but had the potential to be some of the best sort of left-backs in the division. So if
00:24all four of those players are fit, Pembele, I suppose, is the one with the biggest question
00:28marks all about.