Waiting game is no fun for fans
'Good things come to those who wait', as the saying goes.
And that's what Sunderland fans will be pinning their hopes on as they await Roy Keane's first proper summer signing.
More than 30 names have been linked with a move to Wearside this summer but so far the only new arrival has been teenage Aussie striker Matt Fletcher, who will join the academy ranks rather than the first-team.
That lack of activity - or so it must seem from the outside - makes for worrying times when other clubs are signing players and strengthening squads.
Of course, there is plenty of activity behind the scenes but so far there has been nothing to show for it.
Keane has money to spend but is finding that it is not always easy to spend it! Or, more accurately, it is not easy to spend it wisely.
When Sunderland were promoted to the Premiership last season, Keane was accused in some quarters of paying over the odds for some of his summer signings.
Maybe he did, in some cases, and maybe he had to in order to bring players to a newly promoted club that had crashed out of the Premiership in spectacular style in its last two seasons in the top flight.
But this summer Keane has obviously made up up his mind that he will not be held to ransom by clubs or players, which is why his interest in Darren Bent has cooled and why moves for Andy Johnson, Dorin Goian and Stephen Hunt are dragging on.
Keane is confident that he can get the men he wants at a fair price.
Hopefully he will be proved right.
But in the meantime, the wait is sheer torture for the fans.
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