Broadhead on target for Sunderland

Well done, Nathan, hope you can feature for us again in the future. I'll always believe there is a player in you, more than most.

He's not 21. Nathan turns 24 come April. Recurring hammy problem is not good.

Hopefully, he stays healthy and does well on loan so we can make a buck or two on a transfer fee.

Yes, recurring hamstring injuries are common in football but they are terrible for a 23-year-old trying to forge a career. I suspect Nathan, like many others before him, will find his level at League Two or National League.

Always tricky ones, hamstrings. He's done the right thing taking longer to recover and not rushing back too early as it's the type of injury that will just go again if you do. Ironically, given Mr Benitez's recent decision on the medical front, is he being better looked after by Sunderland than he was at Everton?

I was lucky with hamstrings. The worst one I found was a quad muscle tear. It felt like that wouldn't go away. Every time I thought I was okay, it just shouted at me again. And I had 3 breaks and ankle ligament injuries over the years. The breaks were the easiest but I guess I was lucky they weren't complicated ones.

Anyway, enough about my failed football career. Well done, Nathan. Come back stronger and come back better with competitive football experience under your belt.

Correction.

We won't be making any money on him. His contract's up end of this season.

Good luck to him anyway. Some club down below could likely use him.

James (5),

Are you sure Broadhead's contract is up at the end of this season? I thought he was given a 2-year contract last summer.

Good recall as ever, Dave.

Nathan Broadhead signed a new 2-year contract on 18 June, after Carlo Ancelotti had departed, but before Rafa Benetiz was appointed. It runs through June 2023.

If Jimmy Flynn was using TransferMarkt, it's his loan contract at Sunderland that ends next summer.

Thanks gents. Then hopefully we will make a buck or two this Summer.