Former Blue Connor Wickham has signed a new four-and-a-half-year deal at Sunderland. The 21-year-old was in the final season of the contract he penned after his move from Town for an initial £8.1 million in the summer of 2011.

Wickham extending his stay on Wearside is good news for the Blues with the deal which took him to the Black Cats including various top-up clauses potentially taking the fee to £12 million plus an undisclosed percentage of the profit if and when he is sold.

If the academy product had moved on without signing the new terms the Blues would have been unlikely to benefit from the sell-on and the other clauses. The striker’s new terms will reportedly see him paid £60,000 a week.

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itfcserbia added 17:34 - Dec 9 Always rated WIckham and I hope he has a great career, but that kind of money is bonkers. It just goes to show what's become of football...
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TractorCam added 17:35 - Dec 9 Congratulations Connor, still strongly believe he has a good future, although 60k a week seems a bit steep
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emergencylime added 17:58 - Dec 9 (Aka 6 ITFC Starting 11s per week). Good news for the town coffers.
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wokingblue added 18:24 - Dec 9 Lovely lad and I hope we get some extra cash but really ............. the football world is mad..... £60k a week?!!!
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MattinLondon added 18:34 - Dec 9 £60k a week for a striker no where near the national team.....mad.
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Bergholtblue added 18:49 - Dec 9 Crikey! It seems so long ago since he wore a blue shirt for us that I find it hard to believe he is still only 21. 60K a week!!! This only goes to show how great the gulf is between the teams hovering in the bottom third of the Premier League and those at the top of the Championship. No wonder Burnley and Leicester are struggling! If we did get promoted and I sincerely pray that we do, will we stand a snowballs chance in hell of staying there?

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jpring89 added 19:41 - Dec 9 what were the top up clauses and do they expire after a certain period of time ?
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TractorBeezer added 19:44 - Dec 9 This is good news for us or Marcus.....but 60,000? I remember when Johnny Haynes made the headlines at 100 per week when others had been capped at 20 (less in the summer). Many of the Ipswich players had to get summer jobs to top up their wages!
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Westover added 20:22 - Dec 9 When my uncle played for Town in the 1950s they were paid 15 quid a week
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ArnieM added 21:33 - Dec 9 I suggest that £60k per week pales into insignificance compared to what a lot of PL players are currently being paid.
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cunning_stunt added 22:06 - Dec 9 No chance of him coming back here then.
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scumbuster added 22:11 - Dec 9 60k per week for any player anywhere is outrageous...
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SouperJim added 22:52 - Dec 9 So he'll earn around £13.5m over those four and a half years. Seems reasonable...
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Miles added 23:07 - Dec 9 Anyone know what the add ons are? Goals? Games? Be interesting to see if we get any extra as it's about 4 million potentially in add ons from what we were initially paid.
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DurhamTownFan added 07:16 - Dec 10 I've watched him a few times lately, being in the area. Playing wife in a midfield 5 isn't really his best position, but he shot himself in the foot with those goals from wide against city and Chelsea last season. His best position is as a central forward, but fletcher is top dog and for some reason Altidore still gets ahead of Connor in there!
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floridaboy added 08:28 - Dec 10 Who cares. Another tattooed so called very overpaid sportsman How much longer can these stupid wages keep being paid Really Sunderland get relegated!
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Paulblue62 added 09:40 - Dec 10 Good luck to him. I really think he is starting to mature into the player we all thought he would be.
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Lightningboy added 10:15 - Dec 10 Good news for us though I would've gone elsewhere if I was Wickham..then again you can't turn your nose up at silly money.
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runningout added 14:43 - Dec 10 Well done Connor
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ormey75 added 17:57 - Dec 10 £60k a week, fill your boots, go and treat yourself to another tattoo or a new 4x4 and not forgetting the headphones!!
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blueboy1981 added 18:44 - Dec 10 .......... Football got MAD way back - and is still heading in the wrong direction. Good Luck to him - and while the turnstiles keep turning - the wages will keep rising !! Who are the MUGS ?? ............. we all are.
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