Sunderland have failed to announce the signing of a new striker before the 11pm deadline. The Black Cats were linked with a long list of strikers this week, and despite missing out on a number of targets, there was still high hopes this morning. Sunderland failed to sign Alexandre Mendy, Roko Simic and Tom Cannon in recent days, but they remained eager to snap up forwards elsewhere on deadline day. The Wearside outfit were most hopeful of signing Lyon’s Gift Orban, but their ambitious move came to an end when he was named in their match-day squad for this evening’s win over Strasbourg. Sunderl…
