Nathan Broadhead heads to Wearside on loan

Looks like Broadhead is off to Sunderland. Good place to get his league career going. Hopefully he does well.

Good opportunity for him, he looks a talent, I doubt he'll make it at Everton, but a couple of good seasons on loan at a lower level and we could get decent money for him. A player that can score 10-15 goals in the Championship can still go for north of £10M.

If he's being farmed out to a League One side at age 23, I'm not sure how much of a future he realistically has with the club, but good luck to him.

Well... it seemed to have been confirmed by the club, but maybe it hit a last-minute hitch as the official website appears to have now withdrawn the story. At least I can't find it.

Must be retributive punishment for being overly critical. Must try harder.

Maybe some of the other stories are more accurate – that an agreement has been reached and he is having a medical today. The move may not be confirmed until tomorrow.

Funny that NewsNow locks it in to its timeline, even if the source story is subsequently pulled.

I, too, saw it on the Everton site and just checked again after seeing Michael's post. It has, indeed, been removed.

Very odd.

He's 23 and we need back up for Calvert-Lewin so he will be disappointed he's been overlooked. We must be signing a forward over the next two weeks.

On a positive note for him, it is a great opportunity to make a big impression, score 15-20 goals and help Sunderland to promotion. It will generate a lot of interest in his services, maybe even allow him to stake a claim here.

2-year contract of which 1 year is away from us.

23. Looked lovely in pre-season. Seems odds are against him making it for us.

Upfront, we are so 'thin'

Calvert-Lewin & Richarlison (I don't include Kean as I don't see he has a future at our club).

Any injury, we will be in trouble... again, last season saga continues. The rest are wingers or attacking midfielders at best. Our club seems to fall in love with 'handicapped forwards syndrome'... LOL

Talks of American striker being signed from Schalke for £2million.

Hoppe, 20 years of age, 6 goals 1 assist in 15 games last season.

I'm a bit disappointed he couldn't get a Championship loan, particularly seeing ex-forwards Josh Bowler and Sean Lavery at Blackpool.

I'm wondering if this was a sweetener in the deal that is supposedly bringing Sunderland youngster Francis Okoronkwo in to our Academy?

Good move for Nathan but hopefully means that we might bring in another striker? Because we surely cannot go into another season with just Calvert-Lewin and Richarlison as our only experienced strikers. Unless Kean actually has a future with us, which looks unlikely.

Tosun (who?) and Simms injured, Cannon and Dobbin no experience whatsoever. Linked with Hoppe, know nothing about him other than he doesn't seem prolific and is also very young.

Confirmed again as the OS story reappears.

I agree, Phill. He's done his spell in League One, but his injury last season may have set him back. But someone in the Championship would have to want him. Or perhaps we have a limited list of clubs we 'trust' our young 'uns to?

Pleased to see this. He is 23 and hasn't played above League One, so realistically he is very unlikely to develop into a player for us. I did like the look of him in the Florida Cup matches, which makes me think he could be a Championship-level player.

I was at the Stadium of Light for Sunderland's opening game of the season, 31,000 fans for Wigan. They are a big club with enthusiastic support and a big Premier League standard stadium and Broadhead should embrace this opportunity. With the removal of the salary restrictions in League One this season and new ownership, they surely must get promoted.

Their team is good for that level, with a promising young forward, composed and combative midfield and a dangerous right winger in Gooch. McGeady adds a bit of class but is now 35 and they need another option for the left and also up top and Broadhead should be a first 11 player for them, given his ability and versatility.

If he impresses, enjoys himself and they get promoted, then I can see him moving there permanently for a small fee next summer. He deserves to be playing regular football now at the level he is at. He can grow with them over the next couple of years. Good luck to him.

I like Broadhead, and hoped he would have been used as a first-team sub, but obviously they think he is not ready yet.

Hope it sets him up for either a successful return, or a lucrative move. Best of luck, Nathan.

Sunderland was always a favourite away trip for me - great fans, ground and pubs! Hope this move works out for Nathan and that he helps them on a swift journey back up the leagues.

The rumour is that there was potential Championship interest but after some bad luck with injury and unsuccessful loans the feeling may have been that at 23 he needs a real guarantee of playing time. He should get that at Sunderland.

If he can play 30+ games and manage 10+ goals then there's a chance he could yet prove a squad option at Everton next year or (more likely) be sold for a few million to a Championship team in the summer (maybe Sunderland if they get promoted).

Please can anyone enlighten me as to when has a player on the fringes of the first team, having excelled in the U23s and made the matchday squad. Is then sent out on loan to a lower level by far than the one reached, and has improved and matured into a regular Premier League standard player? I can't remember that happening. So what is the loan in this form for?

A real loan would be to the same league level, to confirm progression to that standard. The lower league team rarely or never gets a fully motivated Premier League standard player to boost them. Mainly the young player, drained of motivation, falls out and fades away. So again, what's the point? It's just a waste of all that Academy time and money.

Go on, Lad, bang in 15 or 20 goals for Sunderland, then return to us and then do the same in the Premier League having learned how to do it at Sunderland. Or you could then be sold to a Championship team for £10 million or so.

Yes it happens all the time, just work hard.

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Another step upon the beaten tread where all souls must travel. Slow and burdensome, back bent with time wearied tread, endless the path, and no rainbows end in sight. Distant yet dreamlike, a fog lifts way yonder, here just out of reach and just touching enjured pain is the mirage of perfect boyhood wonder, royal blue assending in glorious victory well deserved. Never again do we surrender,for we are relentless to the end.