Sunderland are set to embark on their first Championship marketing campaign for the reason that 2017/18 season and will likely be trying to keep away from relegation on the first try.
Alex Neil and Kristjaan Speakman will likely be working arduous to enhance the squad within the coming weeks and months with the intention to give themselves the very best likelihood of competing within the second tier.
Ought to Sunderland signal Parrott?
One participant who has been tipped to make a transfer to the Stadium of Mild is younger Tottenham centre-forward Troy Parrott, who spent final season on mortgage at MK Dons in League One.
Former Black Cats striker Stephen Elliott has urged {that a} transfer to Wearside would go well with the 20-year-old, saying: “For him to maintain enhancing, he wants to maneuver himself up a degree. I feel someplace like Sunderland – they want a few strikers – they’ve received Ross Stewart there for the time being however he may do with a little bit assist in there.
“I feel if Troy Parrott got here to Sunderland, I feel he’d embrace enjoying for a membership like that with the large crowds, the ambiance on the video games and that feeling of doing effectively there and thriving there. He appears like the kind of participant that thrives on enjoying on the large event and I feel it could possibly be a very good transfer.”
Sunderland’s personal Harry Kane
By securing a deal for Parrott, both on mortgage or completely, Speakman can discover the membership’s personal model of the England captain.
The plain hyperlinks between the 2 gamers are that they’re each Tottenham academy graduates who play up entrance and each frolicked on loan at Millwall early of their respective careers.
Together with that, they’re each strikers who’re equally able to scoring and helping targets from the quantity 9 place.
Within the 2020/21 marketing campaign, Kane won the Golden Boot and the Playmaker award within the Premier League with 23 targets and 14 assists. In the meantime, Parrott has simply loved a formidable yr out on mortgage with MK Dons in League One as he provided a glimpse of what he might be able to at a better degree.
Keith Andrews mentioned that the teen is “flying” with Eire at worldwide degree. The striker has three targets in 13 matches for the Boys in Inexperienced up to now, which exhibits that he can deal with the stress of enjoying for his nation.
On the age of 20, the £7k-per-week gem is within the early phases of his profession and has the potential to develop additional and hit greater numbers together with his contributions within the remaining third.
Sunderland should now act on Elliott’s recommendation and swoop for the teen, who has been dubbed “incredible” by compatriot and former MK Dons team-mate Connor Coventry, as he can become the Black Cats’ personal model of Kane – scoring and creating targets in equal measure within the Championship.
AND in different information, Speakman eyeing SAFC deal for “high-quality” £33k-p/w wizard, think about him & Pritchard…