Sunderland have announced their squad numbers for the upcoming Premier League season.

The list, which usually gives us a good indication of "who goes where" in the first team pecking order, sees number movements for Dean Whitehead (8 to 6), Anthony Stokes (9 to 44, a sure-fire hint that he's not in Roy Keane's immediate plans) and Daryl Murphy (11 to 14).

New signings Teemu Tainio (4), Steed Malbranque (8) and El Hadji Diouf (11) all make it into Keano's "first XI" while youngsters such as Conor Hourihane and Jordan Henderson also get numbers.

For the record, Sunderland currently do not have a number 3 or a number 9, giving more hints that Roy Keane is looking to sign a new left back and a striker.

1 - Craig Gordon
2 - Phil Bardsley
3 - vacant
4 - Teemu Tainio
5 - Nyron Nosworthy
6 - Dean Whitehead
7 - Carlos Edwards
8 - Steed Malbranque
9 - vacant
10 - Kieran Richardson
11 - El Hadji Diouf
12 - Liam Miller
13 - Darren Ward
14 - Daryl Murphy
15 - Danny Collins
16 - Michael Chopra
17 - Kenwyne Jones
18 - Grant Leadbitter
19 - Dwight Yorke
20 - Andy Reid
21 - Pascal Chimbonda
22 - Danny Higginbotham
23 - Roy O'Donovan
24 - Trevor Carson
25 - Jean-Yves M'voto
26 - Dickson Etuhu
27 - Russell Anderson
28 - Graham Kavanagh
29 - Peter Hartley
30 - Paul McShane
31 - David Connolly
32 - Marton Fulop
33 - Michael Liddle
34 - Jack Colback
35 - Michael Kay
36 - Nathan Luscombe
37 - Robbie Weir
38 - Jamie Chandler
39 - Martyn Waghorn
40 - David Dowson
41 - David Meyler
42 - Jordan Henderson
43 - Conor Hourihane
44 - Anthony Stokes
45 - Rade Prica
46 - Nick Colgan