Jason Steele

Steele signed for newly relegated Championship club Sunderland on 26 July 2017 on a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee, reported to be in the region of £500,000. [ 10 ] Steele made his official league debut against Derby County on 4 August, in which they recorded a 1–1 draw in the first game of the 2017–18 season . [ 33 ] Prior to that, Steele had been between the posts in a heavy 5–0 defeat to Celtic in a pre season friendly at the Stadium of Light , in which he was criticised alongside his teammates due to their disappointing performance, which saw Sunderland bring in Robbin Ruiter to compete with Steele for the first-choice goalkeeper role. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] In the winter transfer window, Steele was set to join fellow Championship side Derby County on loan, after Sunderland allowed the goalkeeper to leave on transfer deadline day following the signing of Lee Camp from Cardiff City on loan. [ 36 ] The deal would have seen Steele join the Rams on loan until the end of the season with an obligation to a permanent deal if the club were to achieve promotion to the Premier League . [ 36 ] However, Derby had decided to change the deal at the last minute, in which they were unprepared to complete a permanent deal, which suddenly resulted in the deal falling through. [ 36 ] After a very disappointing season, Sunderland were relegated to League One on 21 April 2018. [ 37 ] This meant that Steele had suffered two consecutive relegations as a player while Sunderland had suffered from two consecutive relegations as a club. [ 37 ] That season saw Steele appear for the club 15 times in the Championship. [ 38 ] The club's season was followed in the production of a Netflix documentary, Sunderland 'Til I Die , released on 14 December 2018. [ 39 ] In the documentary, Steele explained that being a professional footballer resulted in many people putting pressure on himself and the entire squad to perform at their best. [ 39 ] — Wikipedia