Blackburn Rovers Confirm Permanent Signing of Danny Graham Following Loan

Published on: 24 June 2016

"?Blackburn Rovers have confirmed the permanent signing of released Sunderland striker Danny Graham after the 30-year-old impressed during a loan spell at Ewood Park during the second half of the 2015/16 campaign.

 

Graham, who scored seven times in 18 Championship appearances last season, has signed a two-year contract with the club, with the additional option of a further 12 months.

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To date, the best season of Graham's career came in the second tier during his time at Watford. He scored 24 goals to lead the league in 2010/11, a return which earned him a move to newly promoted Swansea in the Premier League that summer.

 

The former Middlesbrough forward then scored 12 times in the top flight to helps the Swans avoid an immediate return to the Championship.

 

However, since moving to Sunderland for £5m in 2013, Graham's career has somewhat stalled. He has spent most of the last few seasons bouncing around various Championship clubs on loan, but after signing for Blackburn he will hope that this is now where he rediscovers his lethal form of old.

Graham is the third Rovers signing since the end of the season, with Anthony Stokes and Stephen Hendrie having already joined from Celtic and West Ham respectively. That also follows the arrival of new manager Owen Coyle following his time in charge at Houston Dynamo.

 

Blackburn finished 15th in the Championship last season and will be looking to seriously challenge for promotion back to the Premier League for the first time since relegation in 2012.

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