North East club will pay £1m for the loan

Sunderland have signed Inter Milan's Ricky Alvarez on a season-long loan deal.

The clubs have agreed a fee of £1million for the move but could make the deal permanent for £8.5m, assuming Sunderland stay in the Premier League.

Alvarez, 26, is a 6ft 2in attacking midfielder and has been capped seven times by Argentina and was part of his country's World Cup squad in Brazil.