Dick Advocaat wants two more signings at Sunderland

The ESPN FC crew give their picks for which teams will get relegated following the 2015/16 Premier League season.

The signing may suggest that Dick Advocaat is looking to employ a pretty powerful midfield trio, which is capable of winning the ball back quickly to feed the likes of Jeremain Lens and others high up the pitch.

But with Fer still suffering from a knee injury aggravated against Sunderland at the end of last season, the Black Cats decided not to take a chance on the 25-year-old.

The Netherlands global, 25, is unavailable for this weekend’s league opener against Charlton but head coach Ramsey says he is confident Fer will feature for QPR in the Championship before long.

Advocaat added: “We have brought in players who improve the squad”.

What are your hopes and expectations for the 2015-16 Barclays Premier League season? If we bring in players, they have to play now. “If the atmosphere replicates that of last season it will be a brilliant opening day fixture for all”.

Star Player: Grazianno Pelle- The Italian was among the flurry of signings last summer that had a great debut season at Southampton. Their inability to tackle was also seen in their poor disciplinary record, as they went on to pick up 92 cards all year, of which two were reds and 95 were yellows – the worst in Premier League history.

‘Kiev was a good place to live when I first signed, but after six months the political situation changed and war broke out with Russia, ‘ explains Lens, who learned Russian during his two years in Ukraine.

M’Vila has proved a disciplinary handful for managers at club and worldwide level but his strength and box-to-box capabilities will make him a valuable recruit provided his wilder ways are behind him.

So far he’s brought in defenders Adam Matthews and Younes Kaboul, as well as signing last year’s loanee Sebastian Coates on a permanent deal. We have a good feeling about what we can do.

How can you kick on from flirting with relegation every season?

“Just one or two”.

But avoiding relegation is not his only aim now that he’s returned to the Stadium of Light, having originally planned to retire from club management after pulling off his own great escape last term.

Key Transfer: Jeremain Lens- The pacey forward is certainly well thought of by those in the know, and could provide a bit of attacking threat to a team that struggled so badly at times to find the back of the net.

Sunderland manager Dick Advocaat said in a press conference today that his transfer window acquisition spree is not yet over.

“The most important thing is that you have competition – that everybody has to fight for their places”.