Sunderland boss Steve Bruce is confident of bring new faces to The Stadium of Light within weeks. Bruce told the club's official website: "I would hope to have some new faces in by the time of the opening friendly, or at least by the time we go to the Amsterdam Tournament.
"I'm on the phone all of the time and am in constant touch with [chairman] Niall [Quinn] and [chief executive] Steve Walton.
"Hopefully we will have some new faces around at the start, and that would be terrific."