League One Sunderland may never have a better chance to hand departing Peterborough United talisman Marcus Maddison his dream move to Wearside.
Like star-crossed lovers, it seems that only Shakespearean twist of fate will keep Marcus Maddison and Sunderland out of each other’s arms forever.
It is no secret that a Gateshead-born maverick who wore the black and white of Newcastle United at youth level would love nothing more than to finally done the red-clad shirt of his boyhood club. The Chronicle reported as much last summer, before yet another transfer window came and went without Maddison posing at the Stadium of Light.
But with the 26-year-old due to become a free agent sooner rather than later, one of the most long-running transfer sagas in the entirety of the Football League could finally reach it’s seemingly inevitable conclusion.
Maddison is expected to leave Peterborough United on a free at the end of the season. And, when a rather underwhelming loan spell at Hull City comes to an end, this most eye-catching of enigmas will be on the lookout for a fresh start – and where better than at a club who need to fill an Aiden McGeady-shaped hole in their frontline?
While Maddison is hardly the most consistent of performers, he could certainly provide those moments of magic Sunderland need if they are to turn those endless draws into wins.
21 goals and 31 goals since the start of last season certainly suggest that this is a risk worth taking.
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