Carl Winchester has confirmed he will leave Sunderland when his contract expires this summer. The midfielder has spent virtually the entire season on loan at League One Shrewsbury Town, with his only outing for the Black Cats this season coming in the Carabao Cup first round defeat at Sheffield Wednesday back in August.
Winchester's two-and-a-half year deal runs out this summer and he took to social media to bid farewell. "My time at Sunderland is officially up," the 30-year-old posted on Instagram.
"I'd like to thank everyone associated with the club for giving me the opportunity to play for such a huge club. Growing up if anyone had said I'd be playing for Sunderland and achieve promotion at that level I'd snap their hand off.