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By Nick Alexander http://www.safc.com/index.php?page_id=11380
Carlos Edwards could make his Sunderland debut in Saturday's FA Cup tie at Preston.
Edwards, the Trinidad and Tobago midfielder, completed a £1.5m move to the Stadium of Light from Luton this week and will go straight into Roy Keane's squad for the game.
Boss Keane will have a reinforced squad for the third-round tie at Deepdale.
Jon Stead, Tommy Miller, Andy Welsh, William Mocquet, Arnau, Clive Clarke, Neill Collins and Kevin Smith are all back at the Stadium of Light after completing loan spells with various clubs.
And only Smith cannot play at Preston - he featured for Wrexham in the earlier rounds of this season's FA Cup.
The loan players' return acts as a timely boost to Sunderland who have a number of injury problems.
Steve Caldwell, Nyron Nosworthy and Graham Kavanagh are out of the game while Danny Collins has an outside chance of recovering from a hamstring injury.
Kenny Cunningham and Stephen Wright are both easing their way back into full training after long-term lay-offs, but Saturday's third-round tie will come too soon for them.
All the best Carlos, here's hoping you get off to a flyer.
