I can't quite believe this has actually happened. I said it a couple of days ago, but it's the most ambitious signing we've made in my lifetime. This is a real statement of intent that we're aiming not only for promotion but to establish ourselves back in the top flight and I've no doubt we're going to do it.
When European football experts like Andy Brassell and Julien Laurens are commenting on a Sunderland signing, you know you've made a splash in the transfer market.
If that's our business done now, I'll be satisfied. If we can go and get someone like Louie Barry still and some right back cover, I'll be ecstatic.
Even when we started so well, I didn't think this would be a Championship winning season. Now I do!