What happened next? The last Sunderland side to host Spurs in the Premier League | OneFootball

Sunderland host Tottenham this weekend for the first time since a 0-0 in January 2017. Since then, Sunderland fell to League One and returned, while Spurs reached a Champions League final, won the Europa League and fight relegation.

Sunderland Echo revisits David Moyes’ XI from that night and what came next.

Vito Mannone went to Reading, won MLS Goalkeeper of the Year with Minnesota United and later retired after backing up at Lille. Lamine Kone moved to Strasbourg, Jason Denayer later played for Lyon and is now a 30-year-old free agent, while John O’Shea is now an assistant coach and Billy Jones retired in 2021.

Jack Rodwell’s stops included Blackburn and Sheffield United, he is 35 and unattached. Didier Ndong left after another year, then Watford, Dijon, Yeni Malatyaspor, Al-Riyadh and Esteghlal followed, and at 31 he has been without a club since January. Sebastian Larsson finished at AIK with a 2018 title.

Javier Manquillo crossed to Newcastle and stayed until January 2023 before retiring in 2025. Jermain Defoe joined Bournemouth, later won a title with Rangers, returned for seven goalless games in 2021-22 and is now Woking manager. Fabio Borini now plays for Salford City after AC Milan and Sampdoria.

George Honeyman later joined Hull and Millwall and now plays for Blackpool. Mika is back-up at Moreirense, Joleon Lescott retired in 2017, and Donald Love is now at Accrington Stanley.

Lynden Gooch is now at Huddersfield via Stoke, Steven Pienaar coaches at Sharjah, Adnan Januzaj plays for Sevilla.

Source: Sunderland Echo