The former Trinidad and Tobago international, who joined Roy Keane’s Sunderland in 2007, insisted manager Michael Beale would struggle to get Sunderland promoted, but believes a proven EFL scorer could help Mackems get closer to that goal.
I believe it will be helpful.
Clarke Harris was prolific in League One, scoring over 100 goals in 260 games for Bristol and teams such as Rovers and Peterborough.
He did not have much success in the championship, scoring about one goal every four and a half matches.
Rotherham and Peterborough are the two clubs where the striker tasted Championship football, appearing 98 times in four seasons.
His last attempt at the second division came in 2021/22, when he scored 12 goals in 41 games as The Posh were relegated.
The former Coventry City striker was offered a possible move by manager Darren Ferguson after a play-off nightmare at the end of last season.
His bid to return to Bristol Rovers in the summer reportedly fell through, and he is now linked with a move to Charlton Athletic.
Despite the uncertainty of his future, he scored his 6 goals in his 17 games and helped lead the team to second place in League One, just one point behind Portsmouth.
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Edwards believes Sunderland should take a chance on the striker, who will be 30 at the start of next season.
He said: “We have a lot of strikers, so I’m sure they’ll do well.
” Personally, I would choose Peterborough United striker Johnson Clarke-Harris.
“Over the past couple of seasons he’s shown he can score goals.
” I don’t know why, it’s easy to apologize, but everyone has their own value.
We know Peterborough will put some value on him.
” “Take your chances.
We need a striker, we need one of them.
So why not?
” Author’s opinion From a distance, Johnson Clark Harris , I don’t really like him, but he’s one of the players I’d like to have on my team.
Certainly at League 1 level.
You just don’t like him because he tends to work in front of goal.
At the championship level, his strength has decreased somewhat and it has become much more difficult to score goals.
From a financial perspective, this is a relatively comfortable deal for Sunderland and will be difficult for the player to turn down.
However, if Beale is under pressure early in his tenure, it is hard to believe he will turn into a striker with less than stellar Championship results, which fans would consider undesirable for a lower-division club.
It’s tough.
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