Sunderland supporters shall be happy with their group’s early efforts this Championship season thus far, with the Black Cats sitting on the very prime of the tree going into the worldwide break.
No one actually knew what to anticipate from Regis Le Bris when he took over the reins in the summertime after a topsy-turvy 2023/24 marketing campaign noticed Sunderland end manner under expectations, however the Frenchman has managed to efficiently navigate any uneven waters which have come his manner thus far with an spectacular six wins picked up from 9 league video games.
It should all be about retaining this manner up when soccer resumes after worldwide clashes are over and executed with, with Jobe Bellingham key to his facet’s probabilities of staying put in first place.
Bellingham’s kind this season
The 19-year-old continues to be one of the vital thrilling gamers on the Black Cats, because the youthful Wearside outfit start to dream about profitable promotion courtesy of their star-man’s heroics centrally.
He could effectively solely have one purpose and one help subsequent to his title thus far, nevertheless it’s clear there’s loads extra left within the teenager’s tank, having helped himself to seven strikes final season whilst his facet struggled to leap into the highest half of the second tier standings.
It wasn’t a foul strike both to get this 2024/25 account underway, hammering dwelling a surprising effort previous the Derby County goalkeeper proper initially of the month to assist his group beat Paul Warne’s decided Rams 2-0.
With beautiful strikes like these this season, and his exploits from final marketing campaign that means his spot in Le Bris’ XI is concrete, Bellingham would possibly effectively really feel he’s deserving of a pay enhance quickly.
Sunderland may also wish to tie down their prime asset shortly, contemplating he has been checked out by the likes of Serie A titans Lazio previously.
Away from placing gold with the previous Birmingham Metropolis youth product, the Championship promotion candidates have not all the time bought it spot on with their recruitment in the course of the park, with one dud from the Tony Mowbray period taking place as a expensive mistake.
Bradley Dack’s wage at Sunderland
Very a lot a signing typical of Mowbray’s tenure on the Stadium of Gentle, Bradley Dack – who shone underneath the watchful eye of the ex-Sunderland boss at Blackburn Rovers – was a poor transfer final summer season when reuniting with the 60-year-old.
Not costing the Black Cats a penny when it got here to a switch price, Dack nonetheless did not justify his vital wage on the membership, which got here in at an extreme £15k-per-week based on Capology.
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Dack’s profession harm points |
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|---|---|---|---|
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Season |
Damage |
Days out |
Video games missed |
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23/24 |
Thigh |
79 days out |
15 |
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23/24 |
Thigh |
63 days out |
11 |
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20/21 |
Cruciate ligament harm |
314 days out |
40 |
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19/20 |
Cruciate ligament harm |
375 days out |
49 |
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Sourced by Transfermarkt |
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Nonetheless, though he wasn’t an costly seize, his wages ended up being expensive when you think about what number of video games he sat out by means of harm for the Black Cats, lacking a complete of 27 video games in whole final season resulting from absences on the sideline.
It is not as if this was a recent improvement for Dack shifting to the Stadium of Gentle although, with two horrendous cruciate ligament points bringing his once-celebrated time with Blackburn to a sombre finish.
He would solely chip in with a single purpose and an help when match sufficient to play 17 contests for the Wearside membership, with Bellingham left questioning how he discovered himself on a lesser £12.5k-per-week wage, subsequent to his injury-ravaged teammate incomes extra.
In whole, the unlucky 30-year-old would value Sunderland £780k in wage prices alone, a dent to the second-tier group’s checking account that ought to have been prevented.
Dack was finally let go of by Sunderland in the summertime for nothing, along with his demise now seeing him again on the books of Gillingham in League Two, who he began his EFL journey with in 2012.
Sunderland will not dwell an excessive amount of on their errors, nonetheless, because the new-look Black Cats facet at Le Bris’ disposal eye up extra wins when Championship soccer kicks again into gear shortly.
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Sunderland would like to safe this mammoth deal in January.