Sunderland defender suffers suspected broken leg in Championship clash

Bailey Wright has suffered another injury blow at Rotherham, and this one is being called 'severe' by his manager.

Michael Graham | Apr 8, 2023

Sunderland defender suffers suspected broken leg in Championship clash /

Sunderland defender Bailey Wright has suffered a suspected broken leg as his loan spell at Rotherham continues to be blighted by injury.

Wright started for the Millers as they secured a potentially crucial 3-1 win over West Brom on Good Friday.

The win has hauled Rotherham three points clear of the relegation zone with a game in hand, but it ended prematurely for Wright who was withdrawn in the 26th minute.

“Bailey’s injury looked bad,” Rotherham boss Matty Taylor confirmed. “He felt a crack on landing.

“He’s a tough boy and when he tried to stand up and put weight on it, he couldn’t. It would suggest a break or severe damage of some sort.”

Wright has featured just seven times for Rotherham since joining on loan on January deadline day, with his debut lasting just 30 seconds due to a concussion.

That meant an immediate short spell on the sidelines, although he had gone on to become an important player in Taylors’ side.

However, it now looks like his season is over which would mean a return to Sunderland, while it could also rule out a potential permanent summer move away from Wearside.

Wright still has a year left on his contract at Sunderland, so he would at least have no immediate concerns over his future should the injury indeed prove to be a serious one.

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Published Apr 8, 2023

MICHAEL GRAHAM

Michael Graham is a professional sports writer with more than ten years of industry experience. After pursuing football writing by helping establish the Roker Report Sunderland AFC fansite, Michael moved to Planet Sport to cover football. Michael has since worked on many of the sports sites within the Planet Sport network, including Football365, TEAMtalk and Planet Football before leaving to join 90min. As well as football, Michael is an accomplished tennis writer and has been regularly featured on Tennishead, TennisBuzz and Tennis365. It is football that is his first love, though, with Sunderland AFC his particular passion. Contact: michael@buzzpublishing.co.uk