In 2001 a player who had not started a single first team game arrived on Wearside. He had just won gold at the national indoor youth championships at 60m so he was clearly swift. He made his first team debut in the August of that year against Fulham, scoring his first and only Sunderland goal a year later. You could argue that he arrived at a big English club too soon but what he did get was game time. In his time at Sunderland the young David Bellion was learning his craft. He refused to sign a new contract when we were relegated and joined Manchester Utd.