Sunderland have announced a friendly with Sky Bet Championship side Hull City as they ramp up their pre-season preparations [Sunderland AFC Official].
The event will be the final fixture of the Black Cats pre-season schedule, as it is pencilled in at the Stadium of Light on Friday the 30th of July at 7pm [Sunderland AFC Official].
Before the clash, Lee Johnson’s men will travel to York City, Tranmere Rovers and Harrogate Town in a bid to build up fitness before the Sky Bet League One campaign begins [Sunderland AFC Official].
Intriguingly, former Sunderland captain George Honeyman will be in line to return to his boyhood club, as he is now on the books of the Tigers [Hull Live].
In light of this, many Sunderland fans took to Twitter to voice their opinions on recent developments.
Sunderland AFC fans react:
Replying to the Sunderland AFC Official Twitter account, here is what some Black Cats supporters had to say about the friendly update, with one fan calling it ‘bizarre’:
“Think I’m boiling my head that night”
Credit: @M_Stubbs82″Sign players thanks”Credit: @harrytdixon20″A bit of a insult playing a team who beat us in getting automatic promotion last season don’t you think”Credit: @Simmysafc”That’s not quite the big home friendly I was after mind”Credit: @LiamIDST”No game for 18 days and then 4 games in 9 days. Bizarre”Credit: @chrissavedlatin”We gonna have any players left? How we supposedly strengthening the team when already managed to get rid of our top 4 goal scorers before even replacing them as usual”Credit: @ColArmstrongIn other news, a pundit has exclusively slammed Sunderland after their talisman departed the Stadium of Light.