It's been quite the week for Sunderland supporters. The fixtures for the 2022/23 Championship campaign have been released, Charlie Methven sold his shares in the club and the Black Cats announced three new deals for Lynden Gooch, Anthony Patterson and Patrick Roberts.
The latter of the three may be their best business of the window to date after arriving on a short term deal in January with his career very much at a crossroads. The former Manchester City playmaker was unable to force his way into Pep Guardiola's first team plans and Roberts never quite had a consistent run of games, like he did at Celtic, on any of his loan prior. Football moves so fast that it's easy to forget Roberts was once tipped for great things.
He hasn't quite hit the heights he was once touted for, but at Sunderland he's got a platform to reignite his career. The six-month spell at the Stadium of Light was an impressive one, ending the campaign with one of his brightest displays in a red-and-white shirt under the Wembley arch.
