The 2018 Cardiff City recruit played under the Sunderland manager Phil Parkinson.
Some fans are already tipping Gary Madine to join Sunderland after the striker’s Cardiff City exit.
Madine, who was born and raised around 10 miles from Sunderland in Gateshead, was allowed to leave Cardiff by mutual consent on Thursday.
It follows two goalless years in Wales, although the £6 million arrival from Bolton Wanderers did find the net three times while on loan to Sheffield United last season – helping the Blades to promotion.
It was at Bolton that Madine played under the now Sunderland manager Phil Parkinson.
And with Parkinson having made no secret of his desire to recruit another centre-forward, the following supporters of Sunderland, Cardiff and some others are putting two and two together…
Whether Madine, who has spent the past two-and-a-half years playing Championship or Premier League football, would consider a drop to League One remains to be seen.
And the same goes for Sunderland’s chances of being able to afford the 29-year-old, who is likely to have been on big money at Cardiff.
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