Sunderland are at the moment thriving upon returning to the Championship, and have misplaced simply as soon as of their final 5 league video games.
Regardless of the exit of Alex Neil, his successor Tony Mowbray has carried out effectively to regular the ship and maintain the Black Cats tight on the again.
Would you are taking Darren Bent again in his prime?
Sure
No
Throughout these 5 video games, they’ve solely conceded three targets, holding three clear sheets together with Saturday’s bore draw with Preston North Finish.
With Ellis Simms seemingly nonetheless lacking because of his harm, the 58-year-old can be dreaming of a person who scored loads of targets for the Wearside membership when he was signed again in 2009.
Steve Bruce had forked out a big £10m charge for Darren Bent, however he got here from Tottenham Hotspur with a advantageous repute.
Though his keep was temporary, he didn’t disappoint.
36 targets in simply 63 appearances mark a return of over a aim each two video games, and he additionally chipped in with 4 assists too. He was a pure marksman, and his tempo and energy had been unstoppable when he was on kind.
Throughout his stint at Aston Villa, Jermaine Jenas labelled the ahead as “lethal” and he proved that in entrance of the Stadium of Mild, notably in his debut season the place he bagged 24 targets within the Premier League.
17 the season following once more marked a advantageous return earlier than he was snapped up by the Villans for a whopping £24m.
He solely spent two years at Sunderland, however his goal-scoring impression was second to none.
Over the weekend of their draw with the Lilywhites, Mowbray was compelled to play with out a recognised striker and if he may carry anybody from the previous to play for his aspect now, there isn’t a doubting that Bent can be up there.
His brief impression on the membership helped fireplace them to thirteenth and Tenth-placed finishes and with Simms nonetheless out, a prime striker might be simply the participant to fireside them to an unlikely promotion push.
Followers can be dreaming of a return to the highest flight sooner fairly than later, and if that they had a first-rate Bent their probabilities would certainly enhance exponentially.
