£17 million Free agents ‘training’ with Championship opponents by Sunderland, Leeds United, and Sheffield Wednesday
The former striker for Leeds United and Sunderland is now training at Watford, a Championship team.
Connor Wickham, a former striker for Sunderland, is presently training with Watford of the Championship.
After an £8 million move from Ipswich Town in 2011, Wickham experienced a four-year campaign stay at the Stadium of Light,
interspersed with loans at Leeds United and Sheffield Wednesday. The amount shattered both the transfer record for an
EFL player joining a Premier League team at the time and Ipswich’s record for transfer fees recovered.
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Before securing a five-year contract with Palace in 2015 for an undisclosed amount,
the former England junior international scored just 15 goals in 91 games on Wearside.
According to sources at the time, the sum increased to £9 million, which means that Wickham
has received approximately £17 million in transfer fees over his career.
As the Addicks sought to strengthen their forward line under Nathan Jones, Wickham inked a short-term contract with Charlton Athletic under former Sunderland manager Charlie Methven last March. The 31-year-old former Crystal Palace forward was released in May after only scoring once in four league games for the team. Since then, Wickham has been a free agent.
But according to a story in the Watford Observer, Wickham is currently training with Watford, a Championship team. As he considers his options, the player has been working out with the team’s academy. Wickam will play more for the Hornets’ youth team after scoring a hat-trick in the first half of an under-21 match, but there is no guarantee he will join. According to the report, the assailant has been
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