Hypothetically, if they had wanted to stay at the Albion I'm sure they'd still be here, and our squad would be all the better for it (on the basis that they take the place of Holla and March). In that case they'd have a decent shot of promotion with the Albion.
The bottom line is you can...
The bottom line is greed. Had any of them done their homework they would have seen Sunderland as they are - a club rotten to the core.
Their recruitment is woeful, they've had a cabal of players wielding too much power to the detriment of the management, there's too many players passing...
I'd rather he joined Leeds than, say, a more likely promotion contender like Burnley or Boro. If he got fit and stayed fit he could do some damage in this division.