Premier League
Premier League transfers: Every done deal team by team as summer window slams shut
The transfer window has slammed shut and Premier League clubs have scrambled to complete last-minute business following a mammoth few months of transfer activity, including Ronaldo returning to Manchester United
This September 1, 2021 is the deadline day and the transfer window has slammed shut for Premier League clubs.
Although Euro 2020 and the Copa America slightly delayed the drama, this transfer window has seen some mega deals involving the top flight.
Manchester United notably snapped up three statement signings; Jadon Sancho from Borussia Dortmund for an inital £73million, Raphael Varane from Real Madrid for £34m as well as a triumphant return for Cristiano Ronaldo from Juventus for £12.86m.
The two most expensive deals of the window came from the two title favourites, though, as Manchester City splashed out £100million to bring Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish to the Etihad and Chelsea re-signed Romelu Lukaku for almost the same eye-watering fee.
Arsenal’s £50million swoop for Brighton & Hove Albion defender Ben White also adds to the summer’s expenditure as the Gunners breached the £150m.
Harry Kane wanted out of Tottenham Hotspur but due to be valued at £160million by Daniel Levy, making potential suitors Man City eventually conceded defeat, also missing out on Ronaldo in what surely would have been the most shocking transfer in English football history.
Courtesy of Mirror, Here’s an up-to-date list of all the done deals relating to all 20 Premier League clubs in what’s been a mammoth few months of transfer activity.
ARSENAL
Players in:
Nuno Tavares (Benfica)
Albert Sambi Lokonga (Anderlecht)
Ben White (Brighton)
Martin Odegaard (Real Madrid)
Aaron Ramsdale (Sheffield United)
Takehiro Tomiyasu (Bologna)
Players out
Joe Willock (Newcastle)
Willian (contract terminated)
David Luiz (released)
Levi Laing (released)
Joseph Olowu (released)
Luke Plange (released)
Jason Sraha (released)
Trae Coyle (Lausanne–Sport)
Zech Medley (KV Oostende)
Mark McGuinness (Cardiff)
Dinos Mavropanos (Stuttgart) Loan
Daniel Ballard (Millwall) Loan
Daniel Oyegoke (Brentford)
Ben Sheaf (Coventry City)
Matt Smith (Doncaster) Loan
Matteo Guendouzi (Marseille) Loan
William Saliba (Marseille) Loan
Nikolaj Moller (Viktoria Koln) Loan
Deyan Iliev (SKF Sered) Loan
Reiss Nelson (Feyenoord) Loan
Miguel Azeez (Portsmouth) Loan
Jonathan Dinzeyi (Carlisle United) Loan
ASTON VILLA
Players in
Leon Bailey (Bayer Leverkusen)
Axel Tuanzebe (Manchester United, loan)
Emiliano Buendia (Norwich)
Ashley Young (Inter Milan)
Josh Feeney (Fleetwood Town)
Finn Azaz (West Brom)
Danny Ings (Aston Villa)
Players out
Ahmed Elmohamady (released)
Neil Taylor (released)
Tom Heaton (Man Utd)
Lewis Brunt (released)
Brad Burton (released)
Jack Clarke (released)
Charlie Farr (released)
Ben Guy (released)
Callum Rowe (released)
Harrison Sohna (released)
Michael Tait (released)
Jake Walker (released)
Bjorn Engels (Royal Antwerp)
Indiana Vassilev (Inter Miami) Loan
Lovre Kalinic (Hajduk Split) Loan
Seb Revan (Grimsby) Loan
Frederic Guilbert (Strasbourg) Loan
Conor Hourihane (Sheffield United) Loan
BRENTFORD
Players in
Nathan Young-Coombes (Rangers)
Dom Jefferies (Salisbury)
Daniel Oyegoke (Arsenal)
Jude Russell (Crystal Palace)
Frank Onyeka (FC Midtjylland)
Kristoffer Ajer (Celtic)
Matthew Cox (AFC Wimbledon)
Myles Peart-Harris (Chelsea)
Players out
Jared Thompson (released)
Kane O’Connor (released)
Aubrel Koutsimouka (released)
Julien Carre (released)
Henrik Dalsgaard (Midtjylland)
Luke Daniels (released)
Emiliano Marcondes (released)
Ellery Balcombe (Burton Albion) Loan
Aaron Pressley (AFC Wimbledon) Loan
Arthur Read (Stevenage)
BRIGHTON
Players in
Jeremy Sarmiento (Benfica)
Marc Cucurella (Getafe)
Gary Dicker (Kilmarnock)
Enock Mwepu (Red Bull Salzburg)
Kjell Scherpen (Ajax)
Players out
Ben White (Arsenal)
Jose Izquierdo (released)
Teddy Jenks (Aberdeen) Loan
Davy Propper (PSV)
Alex Cochrane (Hearts) Loan
Jan Mlakar (Hajduk Split)
Bernardo (Red Bull Salzburg)
Ryan Longman (Hull City) Loan
Viktor Gyokeres (Coventry)
Romaric Yapi (SBV Vitesse)
Mat Ryan (Real Sociedad)
Jensen Weir (Cambridge United) Loan
Matt Clarke (West Bromwich Albion) Loan
Carl Rushworth (Walsall) Loan
Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Feyenoord)
Reda Khadra (Blackburn) Loan
Chris Walton (Ipswich) Loan
BURNLEY
Players in
Maxwell Cornet (Lyon)
Nathan Collins (Stoke)
Mark Helm (Man Utd)
Jacob Bedeau (Scunthorpe)
Harry Williams (Free)
Wayne Hennessey (Crystal Palace)
Connor Roberts (Swansea City)
Players out
Robbie Brady (released)
Connor Barrett (released)
Jordan Cropper (released)
Ismail Diallo (released)
Marcel Elva-Fountaine (released)
Arman Taranis (released)
Matty Rain (released)
Mace Goodridge (released)
Ryan Cooney (Morecambe)
Joel Mumbongo (Accrington Stanley) Loan
Ben Gibson (Norwich)
Jimmy Dunne (QPR)
Luka Jensen (Carlisle)
Bailey Peacock-Farrell (Sheffield Wednesday) Loan
Adam Phillips (Morecambe) Loan
CHELSEA
Players in
Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan)
Marcus Bettinelli (Fulham)
Saul Niguez (Atletico Madrid, loan)
Players out
Willy Caballero (released)
Jamal Blackman (released)
Pierre Ekwah Elimby ( West Ham )
Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan)
Izzy Brown (Preston North End)
Levi Colwill ( Huddersfield Town) Loan
Nathan Baxter (Hull) Loan
Charlie Wiggett ( Newcastle )
Billy Gilmour (Norwich) Loan
Victor Moses (Spartak Moscow)
Juan Castillo (Birmingham) Loan
Olivier Giroud (AC Milan)
Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace)
Lewis Bate (Leeds United)
Myles Peart-Harris (Chelsea)
Dynel Simeu (Southampton)
Tammy Abraham (Roma)
Dujon Sterling (Blackpool) Loan
Ethan Ampadou (Venezia) Loan
Danny Drinkwater (Reading) Loan
CRYSTAL PALACE
Players in
Conor Gallagher (Chelsea, loan)
Will Hughes (Watford)
Jacob Montes (Georgetown University)
Michael Olise (Reading)
Remi Matthews (Free)
Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace)
Joachim Andersen (Lyon)
Odsonne Edouard (Celtic)
Players out
Andros Townsend (Everton)
Sion Spence (Bristol Rovers) Loan
Stephen Henderson (released)
Wayne Hennessey (Burnley)
Mamadou Sakho (released)
Patrick van Aanholt (released)
Gary Cahill (released)
Scott Dann (Reading) Loan
EVERTON
Players in
Asmir Begovic (Bournemouth)
Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace)
Andy Lonergan (West Brom)
Demarai Gray (Bayer Leverkusen)
Salomon Rondon (Dalian Professional)
Players out
Theo Walcott ( Southampton )
Matthew Pennington (Shrewsbury Town) Free
Joshua King ( Watford )
Yannick Bolasie (released)
Muhamed Besic (released)
Josh Bowler (released)
Dennis Adeniran (released)
Con Ouzounidis (released)
Callum Connolly (released)
Bobby Carroll (released)
Daniel Lowey (released)
Jack McIntyre (released)
Dylan Thompson (released)
Bernard (Sharjah)
LEEDS UNITED
Players in
Kristoffer Klaesson (Valerenga)
Amari Miller (Birmingham City)
Jack Harrison (Man City)
Junior Firpo ( Barcelona)
Sean McGurk (Wigan)
Lewis Bate (Chelsea)
Players out
Gaetano Berardi (released)
Ouasim Bouy (released)
Barry Douglas (released)
Cole Gibbon (released)
Niklas Haugland (released)
Eunan O’Kane (released)
Matthew Turner (released)
Ryan Edmondson (Fleetwood) Loan
Oliver Casey (Blackpool)
Kun Temenuzhkov (Real Union) Loan
Rafa Mujica (Las Palmas)
Alfie McCalmont (Morecambe) Loan
Ezgjan Alioski (released)
Mateusz Bogusz (UD Ibiza) Loan
Leif Davis (Bournemouth) Loan
Pablo Hernandez (Castellon)
LEICESTER CITY
Players in
Patson Daka (Red Bull Salzburg)
Boubakary Soumare (Lille)
Jannik Vestergaard (Southampton)
Ryan Bertrand (Southampton)
Players out
Christian Fuchs (Charlotte)
Matty James (released)
Wes Morgan (retired)
Josh Knight (Peterborough United)
Admiral Muskwe (Luton Town)
Darragh O’Connor (Motherwell)
Dennis Praet (Torino) Loan
LIVERPOOL
Players in
Ibrahima Konate (RB Leipzig)
Players out
Liam Coyle (released)
Joe Hardy (released)
Abdi Sharif (released)
Jack Walls (released)
Adam Lewis (Livingston) Loan
Georginio Wijnaldum (PSG) Free
Sepp van den Berg (Preston) Loan
Remi Savage (Newcastle)
Paul Glatzel (Tranmere Rovers) Loan
Kamil Grabara (FC Copenhagen)
Liam Millar (FC Basel)
Marko Grujic (FC Porto)
Taiwo Awoniyi (Union Berlin)
Harry Wilson (Fulham)
Leighton Clarkson (Blackburn)
Xherdan Shaqiri (Lyon)
Rhys Williams (Swansea) Loan
MANCHESTER CITY
Players in
Kayky (Fluminense)
Jack Grealish (Aston Villa)
Metinho (Fluminense)
Scott Carson (Derby)
Players out
Sergio Aguero (Barcelona) Free
Eric Garcia (Barcelona) Free
Louie Moulden (Wolves) Free
Lukas Nmecha (Wolsburg) £11m
Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Anderlecht) Loan
James Trafford (Accrington Stanley) Loan
Gavin Bazunu (Portsmouth) Loan
Lewis Fiorini (Lincoln) Loan
Jack Harrison (Leeds)
Angelino (RB Leipzig)
Callum Doyle (Sunderland) Loan
Daniel Grimshaw (Blackpool)
Alex Robertson (Ross County) Loan
MANCHESTER UNITED
Players in
Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund)
Raphael Varane (Real Madrid)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus)
Tom Heaton (Aston Villa) Free
Players out
Sergio Romero (released)
Joel Pereira (released)
Jacob Carney (released)
Iestyn Hughes (released)
Arnau Puigmal (released)
Max Taylor (released)
Aliou Traore (released)
Nathan Bishop (Mansfield Town) Loan
Johan Guadagno (FC Copenhagen)
Mark Helm (Burnley)
Reece Devine (St Johnstone) Loan
Tahith Chong (Birmingham City) Loan
Brandon Williams (Norwich City) Loan
Will Fish (Stockport County) Loan
Facundo Pellistri (Alaves) Loan
Newcastle United
Players in
Charlie Wiggett ( Chelsea )
Remi Savage ( Liverpool )
Joe Willock (Arsenal)
Cameron Ferguson (Tranmere Rovers)
Santiago Munez (Santos Laguna) Loan
Players out
Andy Carroll (released)
Owen Bailey (released)
Oliver Walters (released)
Jude Swailes (released)
Yannick Toure (released)
Oliver Marshall (released)
Ludwig Francillette (released)
Florent Indalecio (released)
Kyle Scott (released)
George Rounsfell (released)
Lucas Gamblin (released)
Lewis Brannen (released)
Tom Midgley (released)
Josh Gilchrist (released)
Josh Harrison (released)
Tai Ebanks (released)
Lewis Cass (Port Vale) Loan
Florian Lejeune (Alaves)
Elias Sorensen (Esbjerg fB)
Yoshinori Muto (released)
NORWICH CITY
Players in
Kenny Coker (Southend)
Milot Rashica (Werder Bremen)
Angus Gunn (Southampton)
Flynn Clarke (Peterborough)
Ben Gibson (Burnley)
Dimitris Giannoulis (PAOK)
Billy Gilmour (Chelsea) Loan
Pierre Lees-Melou (Nice)
Liam Gibbs (Ipswich Town)
Louis Thompson (released)
Christos Tzolis (PAOK)
Ozan Kabak (Schalke) Loan
Players out
Alex Tettey (Rosenborg)
Mario Vrancic (Stoke City)
Jordan Thomas (Barnet)
Zach Dronfield (released)
William Hondermarck (released)
Louis Lomas (released)
Ethen Vaughan (released)
Emiliano Buendia (Aston Villa)
Philip Heise (Karlsruher)
Reece McAlear (Inverness Caledonian Thistle) Loan
Orjan Nyland (released)
Moritz Leitner (released)
Marco Stiepermann (released)
Josh Martin (MK Dons) Loan
Daniel Barden (Livingston) Loan
Sebastian Soto (Porto) Loan
Josip Drmic (HNK Rijeka) Loan
Akin Famewo (Charlton Athletic) Loan
Sam McCallum (QPR) Loan
Gassan Ahadme (Portsmouth) Loan
Danel Sinani (Huddersfield) Loan
Melvin Sitti (contract terminated)
SOUTHAMPTON
Players in
Theo Walcott (Everton)
Lyanco (Torino)
Romain Perraud (Brest)
Dynel Simeu (Chelsea)
Players out
Ryan Bertrand (Leicester)
Jake Hesketh (released)
Josh Sims (released)
David Agbontohoma (released)
Lucas Defise (released)
Pascal Kpohomouh (released)
Kingsley Latham (released)
Kameron Ledwidge (released)
James Morris (released)
Thomas O’Connor (released)
Tommy Scott (released)
Wesley Hoedt (Anderlecht)
Kayne Ramsey (Crewe)
Angus Gunn (Norwich)
Jake Vokins (Ross County) Loan
Alex Jankewitz (BSC Young Boys)
Dan Nlundulu (Lincoln) Loan
Callum Slattery (Motherwell)
Mario Lemina (Nice)
Danny Ings (Aston Villa)
TOTTENHAM
Players in
Pierluigi Gollini (Atalanta) Loan
Cristian Romero (Atalanta)
Pape Matar Sarr (Metz)
Bryan Gil (Sevilla)
Emerson Royal (Barcelona)
Players out
Danny Rose (Watford) Free
Paulo Gazzaniga (released)
Enock Asante (released)
Chay Cooper (released)
Keenan Ferguson (released)
George Marsh (AFC Wimbledon)
Rodel Richards (released)
Jack Roles (released)
Aaron Skinner (released)
Kazaiah Sterling (released)
Shilow Tracey (released)
Juan Foyth (Villarreal)
Erik Lamela (Sevilla)
Toby Alderweireld (Al-Duhail)
Serge Aurier (contract terminated)
WATFORD
Players in
Kwadwo Baah (Rochdale)
Mattie Pollock (Grimsby Town)
Imran Louza (FC Nantes)
Ashley Fletcher (Middlesbrough) Free
Danny Rose (Spurs) Free
Emmanuel Dennis (Club Brugge)
Dapo Mebude (Rangers)
Peter Etebo (Stoke City) Loan
Joshua King (Free)
Vincent Angelini (Free)
Players out
Achraf Lazaar (released)
Carlos Sanchez (released)
Jerome Sinclair (released)
Mamadou M’Baye (released)
Ben Wilmot (Stoke City)
Ignacio Pussetto (Udinese) Loan
Adalberto Penaranda (Las Palmas) Loan
Craig Dawson (West Ham)
Tiago Cukur (Doncaster) Loan
Bosun Lawal (Celtic) Compensation
Troy Deeney (Birmingham)
WEST HAM
Players in
Thierry Nevers (Reading)
Nikola Vlasic (CSKA Moscow)
Pierre Ekwah Elimby (Chelsea)
Armstrong Oko-Flex (Celtic) Free
Craig Dawson (Watford)
Alphonse Areola (PSG)
Kurt Zouma (Chelsea)
Alex Kral (Spartak Moscow) Loan
Players out
Oladapo Afolayan (Bolton)
Fabian Balbuena (released)
Sean Adarkwa (released)
Olatunji Akinola (released)
Samuel Caiger (released)
Alfie Lewis (released)
Joshua Okotcha (released)
Joseph Anang (Stevenage) Loan
Felipe Anderson (Lazio)
Nathan Trott (Nancy)
WOLVES
Players in
Yerson Mosquera (Atletico Nacional)
Louie Moulden ( Manchester City ) Free
Hee Chan Hwang (RB Leipzig) Loan
Francisco Trincao (Barcelona) Loan
Rayan Ait-Nouri (Angers)
Jose Sa (Olympiacos)
Bendeguz Bolla (Fehervar FC)
Rayan Ait-Nouri (Angers)
Players out
Sadou Diallo (released)
Cyriaque Mayounga (released)
Hong Wan (released)
Toti Gomes (Grasshoppers) Loan
Ruben Vinagre (Sporting Lisbon)
Rui Patricio (Roma)
Leonardo Campana (Grasshoppers) Loan
Bendeguz Bolla (Grasshoppers) Loan
Ryan Giles (Cardiff) Loan
Dion Sanderson (Birmingham) Loan
Morgan Gibbs-White (Sheffield United) Loan
Manchester United’s Harry Maguire struck a late header to seal a thrilling 2–1 Premier League victory over Liverpool on Sunday, ending their nine-year drought without a win at Anfield and dealing a blow to the reigning champions’ title chase.
Liverpool, who have lost four consecutive games across all competitions for the first time since November 2014, dropped to fourth in the table on 15 points, four behind leaders Arsenal.
United, who won back-to-back league games for the first time since manager Ruben Amorim was appointed last November, climbed to ninth with 13 points.
United’s Bryan Mbeumo stunned the home crowd with a goal a minute after kickoff when Amad Diallo pushed forward before flicking a ball for the forward to run onto and fire home from inside the box.
Irate Liverpool fans thought play should have been stopped before the goal with Alexis Mac Allister down clutching his head after a collision with teammate Virgil Van Dijk.
SQUANDERED CHANCES
Cody Gakpo hit the post three times before finally scoring the equaliser in the 78th minute, when he tapped in Federico Chiesa’s cross.
But Maguire sent United fans into a frenzy with the winner in the 84th when Bruno Fernandes floated the ball in for the big defender to outjump Ibrahima Konate and power home a header.
“It means everything,” Maguire told Sky Sports.
“They’ve had the better of us over the last few years and it’s not been good for our club and we’ve have not given our fans enough days like today. It’s been a long time coming, coming to this ground and picking up three points.
“I’ve been here seven years now and to come to this ground every time and not get three points has been tough. So it’s for the fans, I hope they have a great night tonight.
There were shouts for a Liverpool penalty early on when Casemiro’s cross struck Diallo’s arm. But the VAR video referee determined Diallo’s arm was in a natural and justifiable position.
Liverpool had 19 shots to United’s 12 including several jaw-dropping near misses.
‘SLOPPY’ LIVERPOOL
Gakpo was lively all game, hitting the post twice in the first half, and then nearly making it third time lucky when he smashed another shot off the post shortly after the break.
He missed a sitter in the dying minutes, however, when he headed the ball well wide of the net.
An off-form Mohamed Salah squandered a brilliant chance in the second half when the ball fell to him unmarked at the far post, but he launched it wide, his face etched with frustration.
“I think we conceded a very sloppy second goal,” said Reds captain Virgil van Dijk. “We worked so hard to get back into the game and we created great opportunities to score the winner but if you concede a second goal like that, that is the disappointing part.
“We need to stay humble and stay working and keep our confidence as high as possible,” he added. “When things get tough, it is important we keep the mentality of being there for each other. It is a long season.”
-Reuters
Manchester United’s under-pressure coach Ruben Amorim will be given the full three years of his contract to prove himself and the club will become the most profitable in the world, co-owner Jim Ratcliffe said on Wednesday.
Amorim was Ratcliffe’s choice to replace Erik ten Hag last November but the Portuguese coach has struggled to turn around the club’s flagging fortunes, winning only 10 of his 34 Premier League matches in charge.
United endured their worst top-flight finish last season since they were relegated in 1973–74, coming 15th, and they missed out on Europe after being beaten by Tottenham Hotspur in the Europa League final.
But Ratcliffe has issued his strongest statement of support for Amorim yet, comparing the situation to when Alex Ferguson struggled in the early years of his reign before becoming the greatest manager in the club’s history.
“I remember the clamouring for Alex Ferguson to be fired in his first two years,” Ratcliffe, who owns 30% of the club and controls the football side of the business, told The Times’ podcast The Business. “You look at (Mikel) Arteta at Arsenal. He had a miserable time for the first couple of years.
“We’re results-driven at the end of the day, but we have to be patient and we have to see through the results. I think there’s lots of good things at Manchester United. We have to be patient and we have a long-term plan. It isn’t a light switch.
“Ruben needs to demonstrate that he’s a great coach over three years.”
‘WE’VE MADE ERRORS’
While the American Glazer family retain majority control of the 20-time champions of England, Ratcliffe rejected suggestions they could instruct him to sack Amorim.
“It absolutely wouldn’t happen because it’s just a good working relationship. They come to the board meetings. We sit down and we talk about things,” Ratcliffe said.
“We’ve made errors. There’s absolutely no question that we’ve made errors as we’ve gone along and we’ve talked about it. But no one’s perfect.”
Asked to confirm whether Amorim would see out his contract, Ratcliffe said: “Yes. That’s where I would be. Three years, because football’s not overnight.”
Despite United’s stock falling on the pitch, off it they recently posted record revenues of 666.5 million pounds ($892.1 million) in the year to June 2025, albeit with a 33 million pounds loss.
Amorim’s squad was boosted by more than 200 million pounds worth of new signings in the summer.
“The better your squad, the better your football should be. So a lot of what we have done in the first year is spend an awful lot of time putting the club on a sustainable, healthy footing,” Ratcliffe, who completed his acquisition of a minority stake in the club in 2024, said.
“If you look at our results for last year we have the highest revenues ever. Profitability, the second highest. We’re not seeing all the benefits of the restructuring that we’ve done in this set of results, and we were not in the Champions League.
“Those numbers will get better. Manchester United will become the most profitable football club in the world, in my view, and from that will stem, I hope, a long-term, sustainable, high-level of football.”
Ratcliffe also said he wants to revive the club’s Academy that once churned out the likes of multiple title winners David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Gary Neville.
“The academy has really slipped at Manchester United,” Ratcliffe said. “You don’t solve the academy problem overnight. It takes time. We just recruited a new academy director.”
-Reuters
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Manchester United cruised to a rare comfortable home Premier League victory as goals from Mason Mount and Benjamin Sesko secured a 2-0 win over Sunderland on Saturday.
With the pressure growing on manager Ruben Amorim after a disappointing start to the season, Mount calmed the nerves around the ground with a fine early finish to break the deadlock.
United continued to dominate, with a spectacular save from Sunderland goalkeeper Robin Roefs preventing Bruno Fernandes from adding a sumptuous second before Sesko netted his first Old Trafford goal after 31 minutes.
Sunderland were awarded a penalty late in the first half, a decision that was overturned following a VAR intervention, but they never really threatened after the break as United eased to a third home league victory of the season.
The result put United in provisional eighth place with 10 points from seven games, two places below Sunderland on 11.
Wins, especially comfortable ones, have been in short supply for Portuguese Amorim since he took charge in November.
United supporters have slowly started to turn on the new manager as a result, with nothing short of victory over promoted Sunderland, despite the visitors’ impressive start to the season, enough to appease the disgruntled masses.
Mount’s superb control and finish was just what the beleaguered boss needed. The fine strike was the earliest United have scored in the Premier League since Marcus Rashford’s goal at Ipswich Town in Amorim’s first game in charge.
It was only a matter of time until the hosts scored again, such was their dominance. From a long throw, Sesko was alert to the flick-on before steering home his second in as many games.
United thought they had shot themselves in the foot as Sesko was penalised for a high boot in his own penalty area, only for VAR to deem it not to be a foul.
The hosts took their foot off the gas in the second half, but still should have added to their tally, with veteran Brazilian Casemiro blazing their best chance over the bar.
Sunderland did manufacture a late gilt-edged chance but Senne Lammens, making his debut in the United goal, stood tall to block, completing an assured performance from the keeper and his new teammates.
-Reuters
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