Black Cats Chasing 18 y/o Striker

Sunderland are displaying critical curiosity in FC Sochaux striker Eliezer Mayenda, in line with reviews in France.

What is the newest information on Ross Stewart’s contract?

Kristjaan Speakman and the Black Cats have been fairly open with followers in the case of Ross Stewart’s future. The membership’s star striker, who’s bagged 40 goals and eight assists in 80 appearances on Wearside, has struggled with accidents in current instances and can also be attracting curiosity from elsewhere as his contract ticks down into its last 12 months.

“We’re not moving into whether or not we have had bids,” Speakman instructed The Athletic. “That is our non-public enterprise.

“The scenario is not any totally different to the place we have now been: we’re actually eager to retain Ross and the whole lot from his camp is that he’d like to remain.

“However we have not obtained to an settlement that each events wish to log out. Externally that may appear unusual, however we don’t suppose it’s – Dennis Cirkin re-signed final week and we have now been chatting with him about his contract for possibly six months.”

Rangers, Middlesbrough, Blackburn Rovers, Stoke Metropolis, Crystal Palace and Brentford have been all mentioned to be eager on Stewart again in January, whereas it’s apparently Stoke Metropolis and Luton City that Sunderland followers might want to fear about now, as per Football League World.

And it appears to be like like work has began on discovering some younger gamers who can finally take over from Stewart, whether or not that’s this summer season or additional down the road, after Portuguese starlet Luis Semedo was introduced in early on within the switch window, and there may be now curiosity in one other teen.

In keeping with Foot Mercato in France, the Black Cats are “very ” in Sochaux star Mayenda, an 18 year-old Spain youth worldwide.

{The teenager}, who has twin citizenship in Spain and France, is underneath contract till 2025, however together with his membership going via a “horrible descent into hell” he may now “slip away and uncover the Championship”.

Certainly, Sochaux are going via one thing not overly dissimilar to what Sunderland followers endured a number of years again, as this as soon as prime flight membership has been demoted down the divisions by way of an “administrative relegation” because of monetary disaster.

Lots of their rising abilities and finest gamers have left the membership and extra are anticipated to observe, declare Foot Mercato, which is the place Sunderland’s curiosity in Mayenda is available in.

Who’s Eliezer Mayenda?

{The teenager} appears to be like like he could possibly be an thrilling addition alongside Semedo, with the Black Cats maybe banking on the truth that if even certainly one of them fulfils their potential they may have an actual star on their palms within the second tier.

Mayenda hasn’t obtained the very best goalscoring report you’ll ever see, bagging solely once throughout his first full season in Ligue 2, however his performances have been adequate to earn him three caps for Spain’s Below-17 aspect.

In fact, the best state of affairs for Tony Mowbray is Stewart stays put, Mayenda indicators, and the boss has a recognised quantity 9 to permit his two new children to study from. If the Scotland star goes, one must assume the membership will splash out for a extra senior addition alongside the likes of Semedo and Mayenda.