Hello and welcome to live coverage of Sunderland vs Manchester United.

And more transfer news: Mauro Icardi and one other Inter Milan player turned down United in January.

Some transfer news for Manchester United: Real Madrid are after Renato Sanches, as United take their time to suit things out.

Louis van Gaal has admitted that if his side miss the Champions League this season, then his job could be in danger. I think we'd all grasped that already, mind.

Manchester United are without Marouane Fellaini, who is apparently being rested. You do have to keep your best players match fit, after all. That means a return for Morgan Schneiderlin, alongside Michael Carrick. Ander Herrera remains on the naughty step.

The big news for the Sunderland team is, obviously, that Adam Johnson is not here, because he's on trial. He pleaded guilty and has been sacked by the club, which raises all sorts of questions on why the stood by him for so long.

TEAMS: Sunderland: Mannone, Yedlin, O’Shea, Kone, van Aanholt, Kirchhoff, Cattermole, M’Vila, Khazri, N’Doye, Defoe. Subs: Brown, Rodwell, Borini, Matthews, Pickford, Toivonen, Honeyman. /// Manchester United: De Gea, Darmian, Smalling, Blind, Borthwick-Jackson, Schneiderlin, Carrick, Lingard, Mata, Martial, Rooney. Subs: Romero, Love, Weir, Pereira, Herrera, Memphis, Keane.