So one of the only good things that seems to be happening to Sunderland at the minute has now turned bad. In that Sunderland rapidly rising star, goal keeper Jordan Pickford will be out of action for at least 2 months.
The young keeper hurt his knee in Sunderland’s boxing day defeat against Manchester United, although the injury is not as bad as first feared. The worry was that Pickford had ruptured his knee ACL, though the ligaments are strained.
Sunderland do have back up in the form of Vito Mannone, who is a very good keeper himself, but sitting third bottom of the league all these injuries add to the clubs struggles.