Defender Lamine Kone has signed a new five-year contract with Sunderland, the Premier League club announced on Wednesday.
Ivory Coast international Kone, 27, had been linked with rivals Everton during the summer transfer window.
Despite the player making a transfer request in a bid to force the move through, the £14 million deal was blocked by Black Cats boss David Moyes who could not bring in a suitable replacement.
Kone, though, has now seen his future resolved, putting pen to paper on a deal which will keep him at the Stadium of Light until 2021.