Sunderland would love Darren Bent back

Sunderland are at present thriving upon returning to the Championship, and have misplaced simply once 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’re taking Darren Bent again in his prime?

Throughout these 5 video games, they’ve solely conceded three objectives, holding three clear sheets together with Saturday’s bore draw with Preston North Finish.

With Ellis Simms seemingly nonetheless lacking on account of his injury, the 58-year-old can be dreaming of a person who scored loads of objectives 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 positive repute.

Though his keep was temporary, he didn’t disappoint.

36 objectives in simply 63 appearances mark a return of over a purpose each two video games, and he additionally chipped in with four assists too. He was a pure marksman, and his tempo and energy had been unstoppable when he was on type.

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 objectives within the Premier League.

17 the season following once more marked a positive 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 pressured to play without a recognised striker and if he may deliver anybody from the previous to play for his aspect now, there isn’t any doubting that Bent can be up there.

His brief impression on the membership helped hearth them to 13th and 10th-placed finishes and with Simms nonetheless out, a high 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 reasonably than later, and if they’d a chief Bent their probabilities would absolutely enhance exponentially.