Many Sunderland fans are delighted after the club announced the signing of Alex Pritchard on Friday.

The Black Cats narrowly missed out on promotion to the Championship last term, and Lee Johnson and co will once again be targetting a place in the second tier. However, their summer started on a difficult note, losing a number of players such as Max Power, Josh Scowen, Grant Leadbitter (The Northern Echo) and Charlie Wyke (newsandstar.co.uk) while no-one came in to replace them.

However, it seems that Sunderland are finally getting themselves into gear in the transfer market. They have confirmed the signing of Pritchard (safc.com), who recently left Huddersfield Town. He has impressed in the Championship before, with 40 goal contributions in 125 appearances at that level, so it is something of a coup for the Black Cats to sign him.

The news was shared by Sunderland's official Twitter channel, and it unsurprisingly attracted plenty of attention from the club's supporters. These fans took to the social media platform to share their thoughts.

Let's see what these fans had to say about Pritchard's arrival

"Get in!!!"

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"Absolutely love that"

Credit: @Jamestweddell

"Fantastic. More please"

Credit: @SAFCSarah

"YESSSSS"

Credit: @SAFCLJ25

"Outstanding signing for us.."

Credit: @ShaunGunner1973

"beautiful."

Credit: @jxdesafc

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