If he doesn't get a chance next season I think his dad will try and get him out of Sunderland and understandably so.
You could sense his dads frustration on Twitter at the back end of the season when he wasn't getting in the squad

Unfuckingbelievable..If anyone was wondering how Watmore got on today for England u20s. Aidy Boothroyd played him at left back!![]()
Hopefully both parties are committed to him signing once he graduates - in both senses!If he doesn't get a chance next season he can walk into any club who's interested. He'll be out of contract and we'll have to make do with a ****ty tribunal fee.
If he doesn't get a chance next season he can walk into any club who's interested. He'll be out of contract and we'll have to make do with a ****ty tribunal fee.
Hopefully both parties are committed to him signing once he graduates - in both senses!
If we **** up this young lad's short term future, and his transition into the first team, well, I guess I'll be struggling to explain to anybody how we can be trusted to manage any young talent's transition to any professional level, without being embarrassed to open my mouth in the first place.
Got to have faith that he'll get his chance. Good thing is that he can't sign a pre contract agreement going into the last 6 months because of his age so we do have a full 12 months bleed him in and satisfy his terms

Jeez you're right into these contract details
This kid is the real deal though ain't he? I'm pretty confident that the club's got a thousand eyes on his every step of the way, and I fully expect him to be rewarded with a full squad place next season.
He needs to be on the bench every game and get as many 15-20 minute run outs as possible to see what we have. I would also start him for all possible early round cup games.
Wouldn't he be far more suited to the left wing/forward role than Wickham? (assuming we keep with the 4-3-3/4-5-1 thing).
Then switched him to right back for a spell, always trying to get forward from deep, but by the time he was moved further forward he was flagging and we were chasing the game. Aidy is clueless, we were the worst organised team in that group, and that must be down to him.If anyone was wondering how Watmore got on today for England u20s. Aidy Boothroyd played him at left back!![]()