Lamine Kone
Sunderland’s struggles are just about to get much more worse with their best defender leaving for Gabon to link up with his Ivorian national teammates.
The highly sought-after centre-half has been impressive for the Black Cats despite their struggles to get the results. Kone has averaged 10 defensive actions per 90 minutes, and in total won 52% of his tackles and 66% of his aerial duels.
Stoke, West Brom, Tottenham and Crystal Palace are games Moyes must find a way of not losing without the powerful defender if Ivory Coast go all the way to the finals. It gets worse for the Black Cats as Kone’s partner Papy Djilobodji, will also be on duty with Senegal.