Danny Graham

Graham signed for Sunderland on 31 January 2013 for £5 million on a three-and-a-half-year contract. [ 61 ] Graham also attracted interests from his former club, Middlesbrough. [ 62 ] However, his move to Sunderland was controversial; Graham is a fan of Newcastle United , Sunderland's rival. [ 63 ] He made his debut on 2 February, coming on as a substitute in the 79th minute to replace Stéphane Sessègnon in a 2–1 defeat away to Reading . [ 64 ] In his last match for Swansea prior to joining Sunderland, Graham was booed and jeered by the club's supporters, as he came on as a substitute, though he described it as "it never once put [me] off in terms of wanting to move here." [ 65 ] Despite playing 11 matches for Sunderland in his first half season at the club, Graham was unable to score his first goal for Sunderland and loaned out to Hull City the following season. Graham admitted he didn't do very well and his form had dropped badly since his arrival in January. [ 66 ] Upon returning to Sunderland, manager Gus Poyet said placing Graham in the first team ahead of the 2014–15 season would be very difficult. [ 67 ] Graham made a return to Premier League football as a late substitute in Sunderland's 1–0 home loss against Liverpool on 10 January 2015. He also appeared as a substitute against Tottenham Hotspur the following week. Graham was credited with his only Sunderland goal on 9 May 2015, after a Jordi Gómez shot hit him in a 2–0 victory at Everton . [ 68 ] It was to be his only goal for Sunderland, as he was released a year later on 10 June 2016, having spent the second part of the season at Blackburn Rovers. Graham joined Hull City on a season-long loan from Sunderland on 19 July 2013. [ 69 ] He made his debut on the first day of the 2013–14 season in a 2–0 loss away at Chelsea [ 70 ] and scored his first goal for the club on 9 December 2013 in a 1–1 draw at his former club Swansea City, [ 71 ] which was his first goal in 30 matches; [ 72 ] this turned out to be his — Wikipedia