Sunderland returns to the Premier League for the first time in eight years, and is hoping to stick around this time. They moved up after defeating Sheffield United in a championship playoff final, joining Leeds and Burnley as the three clubs to secure promotion.

Graham Potter is already under pressure at West Ham after his side were thrashed 3-0 by Sunderland in their Premier League opener on Saturday

The West Ham forward didn’t hold back after Sunderland’s stunning 3-0 win on the Premier League’s opening day.

That comes on Friday night at the London Stadium, and this was sufficiently damaging to West Ham as a team and as a club for manager Graham Potter — 90 minutes into the season — to be asked about “bouncing back”, if an immediate response is required against their London rivals. Even the club’s media asked him. It’s how bad this felt by 5pm.

Graham Potter is already ringing alarm bells in East London after his side suffered a 3-0 loss against newly-promoted Sunderland. West Ham United put up little fight at the Stadium of Light and were comfortably beaten in the end as three second-half goals courtesy of Eliezer Mayenda, Daniel Ballard, and Wilson Isidor settled the contest.

Sunderland are finally back playing in the Premier League this weekend with the game at the Stadium of Light on Saturday against West Ham United, so we’re joined by a very special guest – broadcasting legend and current TalkSPORT presenter Paul Ross, who just so happens to be a massive Hammers fan!