The website reports that he has signed a three-and-a-half year deal. As I understand it, a scholar cannot sign a professional contract that is longer than three years, so technically I think he will initially sign as a scholar and then a three-year professional contract will kick in in the summer.
OH MY GOD - a club's fans forum with a thread on the U-18s that has had over 3,000 posts from multiple posters in less than 18 months! :ohmy: :drool:
If I die can I be reincarnated as a Mackem?
Also not helped by the fact that Sunderland's official site actually shows their Robertson ..... with the birthdate of Scunthorpe's Robertson! (Clearly their data comes from some central database which is pulling the wrong info).