SAFC may find McGeady heir in Spellman

Sunderland lastly ended their undesirable keep within the third tier of English soccer earlier this yr as they received promotion to the Championship.

Alex Neil led the membership to glory by way of the play-offs to return to the second division for the primary time because the 2017/18 marketing campaign, beating Wycombe within the ultimate at Wembley.

Following promotion, the Black Cats waved goodbye to a couple gamers who served them properly throughout their spell in League One and wing wizard Aiden McGeady was one among them.

The Republic of Eire worldwide had been on the Stadium of Gentle since 2017 and loved himself on the pitch as he racked up targets and assists over his 5 years on Wearside.

He produced 36 targets and 34 assists in 149 video games in all competitions for the membership and 18 of these assists got here in his final 43 League One outings.

McGeady was a magician on the ball, able to creating alternatives for his teammates, and he had the standard to chip in with targets of his personal from a left-wing place.

Tony Mowbray may now unearth the inheritor to the Irishman by dipping into the U21 set-up to unleash younger winger Michael Spellman, who has “impressed” the Chronicle’s James Hunter.

The 19-year-old officially joined the membership in the summertime after a profitable trial. He had caught Sunderland’s after impressing in non-league final season, managing an attention grabbing 19 targets in 23 video games for Chester-le-Road United.

His type final time period reveals that he has the potential to be a goalscorer from out extensive and, since arriving on the Stadium of Gentle, he has additionally proven that he has the attention for a go – like McGeady.

In three Premier League 2 matches this time period, Spellman has racked up four assists for the membership’s youth staff and this implies that he has the scope to develop right into a winger with the flexibility to often create targets for others.

Does Michael Spellman deserve an opportunity?

After all, he should now show that he could make a major affect within the ultimate third within the skilled recreation and that’s the reason Mowbray should give him an actual alternative to indicate what he can do.

The gem was handed a first-team squad number final month and he was given his debut in opposition to Sheffield Wednesday within the League Cup, though it led to a 2-0 defeat for the membership. He performed 10 minutes within the match and had 9 touches of the ball, as he loved his first style of senior soccer with Sunderland.

10 minutes in a cup recreation while 2-0 down is a troublesome state of affairs for a teenage winger to indicate what he’s all about and that’s the reason Mowbray ought to look to unleash him, off the bench, in a Championship match or two.

Give him a platform to indicate off his high quality on the ball and see if he might be the following McGeady racing down the left wing to attain and help targets for the Black Cats.