Nathan Broadhead has been coy on his Everton future after being forced to withdraw from Wales squad for June's World Cup play-off final and four Nations League matches due to injury. The Toffees striker scored 13 goals in 27 appearances for Sunderland and had been called up to Rob Page's squad for the first time in his career.
However, the former Black Cats striker has had a difficult season with injuries and missed the latter part of Sunderland's play-off push through injury. Broadhead will now return to Goodison Park to try and break into Frank Lampard's plans for next season, but has enjoyed his time at the Stadium of Light.
Speaking to evertonfc.com he said: "It's been a stop-start season for me. I got COVID in pre-season, came back and had two weeks training, then I went up to Sunderland. In the first game I got injured and I've had a couple of others [injury issues] this season, but I never give up. Every game I play, I'll give 100 per cent.
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"It's been a tough journey but I'm glad we could round it off with promotion at Wembley. This season has been my first playing consistently, playing in front of 30-40,000 fans every week and I've enjoyed every moment of it – and the promotion makes it even better.
"Now I'm just looking forward to getting back to 100-per-cent fitness and having a full pre-season. We'll see what happens next.
"I've been learning every day from experienced players and that's part of it. Of course, I want to be in that environment and playing senior football.
"This season, getting promotion and winning a trophy – that's why I came to Sunderland. In my first interview I said that and we've achieved it, so I'm really pleased."
