article_snippet.sent: Winger: The £50,000-a-week player (left, with long-time girlfriend Stacey Flounders, and right, in a match against Newcastle United on April 5) has made 31 appearances for Sunderland this season, scoring five goals .
article_snippet.sent: The £50,000-a-week player was born in Sunderland and raised in Easington, County Durham, before joining Middlesbrough’s youth academy as a 12-year-old.
article_snippet.sent: The £50,000-a-week player made The £50,000-a-week player Premier League debut for the club in 2005 and was sold in 2010 to Manchester City.
article_snippet.sent: Sunderland signed The £50,000-a-week player for £10million in 2012.
article_snippet.sent: But two weeks later, The £50,000-a-week player was allowed back to training and returned to the team under Sunderland’s new manager Dick Advocaat.
article_snippet.sent: Former Middlesbrough star: The £50,000-a-week player has represented England at senior level 12 times .
article_snippet.sent: The £50,000-a-week player began The £50,000-a-week player career at Middlesbrough, where The £50,000-a-week player made The £50,000-a-week player debut in a Uefa Cup game in 2005, aged just 17.
article_snippet.sent: Almost six months later, The £50,000-a-week player turned out for the first time in The Premier League, taking part in a 2-1 home win against Arsenal.
article_snippet.sent: The £50,000-a-week player was loaned out to Leeds United then
article_snippet.sent: Watford, scoring 12 goals in The £50,000-a-week player three-month stay at the Hertfordshire club.
article_snippet.sent: On The £50,000-a-week player return to Middlesbrough, The £50,000-a-week player again showed strong form, then made a £7million move to Manchester City in February 2010.
article_snippet.sent: In August 2012 The £50,000-a-week player moved back to The £50,000-a-week player native North East, to Sunderland, in a £10million deal, and highlights of The £50,000-a-week player time there have included a hat-trick on January 11 last year in a 4-1 away win over Fulham.
article_snippet.sent: The £50,000-a-week player was awarded the Barclays Player of the Month award that month.
article_snippet.sent: The £50,000-a-week player has struggled to reproduce The £50,000-a-week player best form on a sustained basis at Sunderland, but endeared The £50,000-a-week player to the fans with goals in each of the club's three derby victories at Newcastle in as many seasons, including a late winner at St James' Park on December 21 last year.
highlights_snippet.sent: Sunderland star had previously had Sunderland extended for five weeks .