From the anonymous to the calamitous - The signings that accompanied Sunderland's decline

Paulo Da Silva (Deportivo Toluca, free)

Cristian Riveros (Cruz Azul, free)

Marcos Angeleri (Estudiantes, £1.5m)

Ji Dong-won (Chunnam Dragons, £2m)

James McFadden (Everton, free)

Modibo Diakité (Lazio, free)

Cabral (Basel, free)

Jozy Altidore (AZ Alkmaar, £6m)

Santiago Vergini (Estudiantes, initial loan before £2m transfer)

Ignacio Scocco (Internacional, free)

Liam Bridcutt (Brighton, £4m)

Jack Rodwell (Manchester City, £10m)

Will Buckley (Brighton £2.5m)

Sebastián Coates (Liverpool, initial loan before £2m transfer)

Ricky Álvarez (Internazionale, initial loan before £10m transfer)

Jeremain Lens (Dynamo Kyiv, £10m)

Adam Matthews (Celtic, £2m)

Emmanuel Eboué (free agent)

Papy Djilobodji (Chelsea, £8m)

Mika (Boavista, free)

Darron Gibson (Everton £2.5m)

Joleon Lescott (free agent

James Vaughan (Bury, £500,000)