'Can't put it into words': Trai Hume spechless after Sunderland qualify for Europa League

[p]The Northern Ireland international was among the goal scorers [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/chelsea-4fGZN2oK/sunderland-WSzc94ws/?mid=40PohCS7"]as the Blues were subdued at the Stadium of Light[/a] before a defeaning home crowd.[/p][p]Speaking of the achievement, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hume-trai/CfLIw4XG/"]Hume[/a] reflected on a season in which the club worked their socks off to overcome outside doubts after their promotion to the English top-flight.[/p][p][b]“I can't put it into words to be honest with you, we fully deserved that all season, worked our absolute socks off throughout the year,"[/b] he told Premier League website.[/p][p][b]"When we first came up, no-one gave us a shot but here we are in the Europa League, proved a lot of people wrong and there's nothing better. [/b][/p][p][b]"I've played here for four-and-a-half years, they (the fans) are absolutely amazing every time, I knew if we scored first we'd win, they've been behind us all the time and that's what happened."[/b][/p][embed guid="84ec5820-7ea6-456e-83f7-de0e1a8e94a0" url="https://x.com/SunderlandAFC/status/2058656785129697571" social-type="twitter" /][p]Hume arrived at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sunderland/WSzc94ws/"]Sunderland[/a] from Northern Irish club Linfield in 2022, when the Black Cats were languishing in League One.[/p][p]Just four years later, he scored one of the goals to send them on their way to Europa League football.[/p][p][b]"It's been a whirlwind journey, I signed here in League One and if you told me four years ago that I'd be here in the Europa League, I wouldn't have believed you. [/b][/p][p][b]"It’s a credit to the owner, the staff, players… the club's brilliant, everyone we've signed and those that have left, fantastic people and this is what we deserve. [/b][/p][p][b]"You've always got to improve every summer and winter window, try to keep getting better, we just work hard every day and see where it takes us." [/b][/p]