Cats fans admit it’s time for McGeady to move on
Sunderland fans have delivered their verdict on Aiden McGeady’s future as part of our Big SAFC Survey.
Speaking earlier this month, Alex Neil said he was hopeful that McGeady will be able to make a Sunderland return in the near future.
McGeady has not played any competitive action for Sunderland since suffering a knee ligament injury in the 1-1 draw away at Shrewsbury Town last November, and has suffered some complications in his comeback.
He is out of contract this summer at the Stadium of Light. As part of our survey, we asked if fans wanted to see McGeady handed a new contract at Sunderland. And of those that responded, 74.1% said no and that it was time to move on.
However, just over a quarterb eli evedMcG ea dy still had something to offer at Sunderlandwith 25.9% of fans hoping he would sign a new deal.
Alex Neil spoke about McGeady earlier this month.
“The difficulty with Aiden is that he's had a knee issue that's grumbled on,” Neil said.
“We' ve had shoots of recovery where we' re thinking he's getting closer, signs that he's coming back onto the grass and taking part in some of the sessions with us. Then there's moments where it doesn' t feel quite right and it's a small setback, and so that's been a littlebit of a cycle for us recently.
“We're trying to get to the end of that so that we can get him back on the grass, and get some consistency in terms of his training time.
“We're hoping that with that one, it's just going to be a matter of time.”
Sunderland were without a game this weekend as their LeagueOnegamewithRotherhamUnitedwaspostponedafter international call-ups.
Meanwhile, Bailey Wright has been called up to the Australia squad.
Wright will link up with the Socceroos in Jeddah as Australia head coach Graham Arnold adds further defensive options to his squad.
Austalia are due to play Saudi Arabia at King Abdul l ah Sports City on Tuesday.
Wright has been added to the squad after Rhyan Grant and Milos Degenek returned to their respective clubs due to picking up yellow cards.
Dan Neil and Dennis Cirkin were also included in the England U20 squad ahead of international fixtures with on-loan Man City defender Callum Doyle was also called up to the England U19 squad.