Good shout if there's a change in recruitment policy as his cards had been marked by the previous regeme (probably answered my own question there), but his wage demands may be too high, until he becomes desperate for a club...
I just think the attitude thing may go the other way with him being a Sunderland lad supposedly. Likely even given the current plight we’d be biggest club he played for on top of that. Even if he wants a bigger wage, with no fee sometimes you just have to take a chance. We need players like that.
I think it's the key ingredient and something that has been wrong at Sunderland for most of a decade now. I'm not 100% sold on Parkinson but I do think attitude is something he's sorting out.
“I was at Sunderland before I came to Newcastle, and I was a Sunderland fan growing up,” Maddison told The Athletic. “Then, when I went to Newcastle, I tried to become a part of it there, which wasn’t easy when most of my family are Sunderland fans. I had to ignore all of that.” “I learned so much from watching Hatem Ben Arfa and hanging around with him,” said Maddison. “We were quite close. The guy could go past anybody with ease. Watching how good guys like him are up close, it’s just amazing. He’s a top footballer and I wanted to be like him.” Maddison’s career could yet come full circle, as he’s been linked with a move to Sunderland. The County Durham-born player scored twice in Peterborough’s 3-0 win against the club earlier this season. “You never know in football,” said Maddison, who has scored 50 league goals for Peterbrough. “It was nice to score against the team who didn’t want me.
‘I was a Sunderland fan growing up’ That doesn’t sound to me like he’s got the passion for us that we think he might have. I think he might have jumped ship to Newcastle as a fan reading all of that.
Graham’s best mate is my grandsons father, as of yesterday he had held talks but had not heard anything further and that was from him. I’ve asked him to keep me updated if he hears anything.
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/spo...graham-training-sunderland-ahead-18851614.amp Training with the lads now
Because the Ronnie Gill are using a photo from about 2016 when adidas made the kit and dafabet were the sponsor.
