Sunderland supporters can be happy with their staff’s early efforts this Championship season up to now, 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 beneath expectations, however the Frenchman has managed to efficiently navigate any uneven waters which have come his manner up to now with an spectacular six wins picked up from 9 league video games.
It is going to all be about conserving this kind up when soccer resumes after worldwide clashes are over and finished with, with Jobe Bellingham key to his aspect’s possibilities of staying put in first place.
Bellingham’s kind this season
The 19-year-old continues to be some of the 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 properly solely have one purpose and one help subsequent to his title up to now, however it’s clear there’s a lot extra left within the teenager’s tank, having helped himself to seven strikes final season whilst his aspect 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 at the beginning of the month to assist his staff beat Paul Warne’s decided Rams 2-0.
With beautiful strikes like these this season, and his exploits from final marketing campaign which means his spot in Le Bris’ XI is concrete, Bellingham may properly really feel he’s deserving of a pay enhance quickly.
Sunderland may additionally need to tie down their prime asset shortly, contemplating he has been checked out by the likes of Serie A titans Lazio previously.
Away from hanging gold with the previous Birmingham Metropolis youth product, the Championship promotion candidates have not all the time received it spot on with their recruitment in the midst 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 Mild, Bradley Dack – who shone below 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 in line with Capology.
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Dack’s profession damage points |
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|---|---|---|---|
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Season |
Harm |
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 damage |
314 days out |
40 |
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19/20 |
Cruciate ligament damage |
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 via damage for the Black Cats, lacking a complete of 27 video games in complete final season as a consequence of absences on the sideline.
It is not as if this was a contemporary growth for Dack transferring to the Stadium of Mild 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 complete, the unlucky 30-year-old would value Sunderland £780k in wage prices alone, a dent to the second-tier staff’s checking account that ought to have been averted.
Dack was finally let go of by Sunderland in the summertime for nothing, together 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, nevertheless, because the new-look Black Cats aspect 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.
