Opinion: Agreement for 25-year-old must take priority for Sunderland
Sunderland have finally hauled themselves out of League One and back to the Championship after a frustrating four seasons for the club.
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Gary Lineker congratulates Sunderland after League One play-off win and Championship promotion
Sunderland will play play their football in the Championship next season after a 2-0 win against Wycombe Wanderers won them the League One play-off final. Two goals either side of half-time from Elliot Embleton and Ross Stewart sealed the win that ended the Black Cats' four-year stay in the third-tier and ended their play-off hoodoo.
Sunderland win at Wembley to seal Championship return
Sunderland sealed their return to the Sky Bet Championship as they beat Wycombe 2-0 in the League One play-off final.
4 chances created, 6 duels won: Reporter stunned by one 'especially impressive' Sunderland star
Journalist Scott Wilson has lauded Sunderland ace Alex Pritchard for his emphatic performance in the Black Cats’ sensational victory over Wycombe Wanderers.
Sunderland end play-off hoodoo to secure promotion to the Championship
Sunderland are back in the Championship after four seasons away after they beat Wycombe 2-0 in the Sky Bet League One play-off final at Wembley.
Sunderland soar back to Championship with playoff final win over Wycombe
If London did not already know it, Sunderland are in town. On Friday night thousands of supporters, as they have done previously, took over Trafalgar Square, where they were joined by their owner, Kyril Louis-Dreyfus, and on Saturday afternoon more than 46,000 took their seats at Wembley to paint more than half of this arena in red and white. Many did not stay still for long and by the end, most stood, waving flags and cranking up the volume as Sunderland got over the line against Wycombe to end their four-year exile from the Championship, courtesy of goals from Elliot Embleton and Ross Stewart.
'It's up to us' - Alex Pritchard opens up on Sunderland bid to end four-year stay in League One
Alex Pritchard has little time for the hackneyed notion that a club of Sunderland's stature should not be languishing in League One. "Everyone says that, and I understand why, but the reality is that the club is in League One and it has been for four years - that's the situation," the midfielder sighs as he looks at the floor in a spartan sideroom at the Academy of Light.