Sunderland endured Adam Matthews disaster

Sunderland have endured their fair proportion of switch gaffes through the years as they’ve realized the laborious approach that not each new arrival finally ends up being a roaring success.

One supervisor who suffered a catastrophe with the Black Cats available in the market was Dutch head coach Dick Advocaat because the supervisor introduced in Adam Matthews throughout his first window in cost on Wearside.

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The membership snapped the full-back up for a charge within the area of £2m from Scottish giants Celtic in the summertime of 2015 with Advocaat hailing the signing on the time, saying:

“Adam is a welcome addition to our squad. We all know that we want high quality gamers to enhance competitors for locations within the aspect.”

What occurred to Adam Matthews?

He endured the worst potential begin to his time on the Stadium of Mild, although, because the defender suffered an ankle injury in August and was dominated out till October – lacking 9 aggressive matches.

This led to the Welshman heading out on mortgage to Championship aspect Bristol Metropolis for the second half of the marketing campaign, the place he performed nine occasions within the second tier, earlier than heading again there for one more mortgage spell in 2016/17.

Matthews featured in 12 matches for the Robins within the league that season, as Sunderland had been relegated from the Premier League, and was then given a possibility to function for the Black Cats in 2017/18.

The suitable-back, who reporter Ross Gregory dubbed a “flop“, ended up enjoying 34 occasions within the Championship because the staff dropped all the way down to League One. He averaged a Sofascore rating of 6.77 – inserting him 13th within the squad – with that a sign the dud did not be a standout participant for the membership within the second tier.

In 2018/19, Matthews performed 23 matches within the third tier of English soccer – that includes in half of their video games – and was then released by the membership on the finish of that marketing campaign.

Then-Championship aspect Charlton picked him up on a free switch that summer time with the Wales worldwide occurring to play 89 occasions for the London membership – who had been relegated in his first season.

His spell with the Addicks ended in the summertime of 2022 because the defender was snapped up by Cypriot outfit Omonia Nikosia, who the full-back has performed 27 occasions for to this point – together with five appearances within the group stage of the Europa League.

On that proof, it’s clear to see Advocaat endured considerably of a catastrophe with the signing of Matthews in 2015. The flop went on to battle within the Championship and League One, regardless of being signed as a Premier League participant, and was launched for nothing after being purchased for £2m.

On the age of 31, the defender is now plying his commerce in Cyprus as an alternative of competing on the high degree in England and it’s honest to say that his transfer to the Stadium of Mild didn’t permit him to kick his profession on.