Hume and Sunderland are a match made in heaven... at least until 2030

It was perhaps one of the shortest transfer sagas of the summer.

- by Phil Smith

Not so long after Sevilla and Everton had been linked with a potential move for Trai Hume, the defender spoke to the media while on international duty and made it clear he had no desire to leave. If he was to depart, it would be down to the club.

Given that it couldn't be more obvious that Sunderland see Hume as their starting right-back, not just for now but for a considerable time to come, it was hard not to think that this was basically case closed. And for now, it's still pretty much is.

News broke of interest from Bundesliga side Wolfsburgs, a fee of around £7.5million would fall drastically short of Sunderland's valuation.

It seems very unlikely that Hume's own stance has changed since those early weeks in the aftermath of the Wembley win, and indeed during the club's preseason trip to Portugal that he was still fully committed to the club.