Combined Boro/Sunderland side of the last 30 years

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the sunderland version of them? Hmm, it'd be close on both counts. I remember the absolute shock that Liverpool wanted Henderson.

It was a shock and Liverpool at the time weren't even a top team. They had just finished the previous season in 6th and still a few years away from the season when Gerrard slipped and thy missed out on the title. They were signing players like Downing & Charlie Adam at the time so weren't exactly competing for the top tier of players.