Sunderland triggering player option feels very unlikely
Injury-ravaged Bradley Dack looks set to leave the Black Cats in the summer after a disappointing stint at the Stadium of Light
- Bradley Dack’s time at Sunderland marred by injuries, lack of playtime, and underwhelming performances.
- Dack’s history of impressive EFL stats with Gillingham and Blackburn overshadowed by recent struggles.
- Likely departure from Sunderland in summer due to expiring contract, lacklustre contributions, and injury woes.
It’s safe to say life on Wearside hasn’t exactly gone to plan for Bradley Dack, with the former Blackburn Rovers man struggling for fitness and game time since arriving at the Stadium of Light in the summer.
The 30-year-old is yet to play for Sunderland this year after suffering a hamstring injury in the 1-0 win over Hull City on Boxing Day, the latest in a spate of injuries.
The ex-Gillingham star has appeared in just 12 league games this season, starting only five of them, and has 473 minutes of Championship action under his belt since the start of the season, with only one goal.
With time running out on his one-year contract in the North East, the prospect of seeing him play in the Mackems’ red and white next season becomes increasingly unlikely.
Bradley Dack career history
Dack rose to notoriety in the EFL after a series of excellent performances for Gillingham in League One, with the 2014/15 season where he really caught fire.
He had nine goals and eight assists for the Gills that year (FBRef), and the next season he improved to 24 goals in 40 league games.
That sort of form made the playmaker someone of interest to a number of sides higher up the EFL before he made the move to Ewood Park in the summer of 2017 to join recently relegated Blackburn Rovers.
With such a star-studded squad for League One, Rovers blew away much of their opposition that season with Dack being one of the key protagonists in their promotion campaign; 18 league goals and eight assists once again proving him to be one of the deadliest marksmen in the third tier.
That form continued into the Championship with another 15 strikes as Rovers adjusted to life back in the second division, before a season-ending injury in December 2019 changed the course of his career forever.
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