Mowbray Can Finally Replace Simms With £1.7m Signing

Sunderland kick off their Championship marketing campaign just below two weeks as they put together to host Ipswich City on the Stadium of Mild on the opening day.

Who’ve Sunderland signed this summer time?

There could possibly be a number of contemporary faces among the many group for supporters to look at when the staff strains up towards the newly-promoted facet as Tony Mowbray has made 4 signings to date this summer time.

Jenson Seelt, Jobe Bellingham, Luis Semedo, and Nectarios Triantis have all come via the door on everlasting offers to date to bolster the squad.

Nonetheless, they’re but so as to add a senior centre-forward to the group as Semedo, 19, has not made a first-team appearance in his profession up to now.

One no.9 that has been linked with a move to Wearside is Ukrainian whiz Nazariy Rusyn, who at the moment performs for Zorya Luhansk in his dwelling nation.

What number of objectives did Nazariy Rusyn rating final season?

Mowbray might lastly change Ellis Simms on the Stadium of Mild with a swoop to signal the 24-year-old marksman as his file of 13 league goals final season means that he has the potential to be a dependable scoring choice for the membership.

The Sunderland goal, who has reportedly been valued at €2m (£1.7m), produced six assists to go together with his objectives throughout 30 league outings for Zorya Luhansk, which implies that he was immediately concerned in 19 strikes.

Rusyn averaged a purpose contribution each 1.58 matches and could possibly be a wonderful alternative for Simms if that type is replicated within the Championship subsequent season for the Black Cats.

The now-Coventry ahead spent the primary half of final time period on mortgage with Mowbray’s facet and caught the attention with seven objectives and two assists throughout 17 league outings earlier than Everton recalled him in January.

Which means that the 22-year-old finisher offered the staff with a purpose or an help each 1.89 video games on common throughout his short-term spell – a barely worse return than the £1.7m-rated dynamo managed.

Regardless of solely being on the membership for six months, Simms ended the 2022/23 marketing campaign as Sunderland’s fourth-top scorer – behind Jack Clarke (9), Ross Stewart (ten), and Amad Diallo (14).

Joe Gelhardt was introduced in on mortgage from Leeds United in January in an try to switch him however the younger prospect solely managed three objectives and three assists in 20 appearances – lower than a contribution each three video games on common.

Mowbray and Kristjaan Speakman did not signal a participant who was able to replicating the affect that Simms had on the pitch for the Black Cats they usually might now make up for that by touchdown Rusyn earlier than the top of the window.

Journalist Josh Bunting described the hyperlink as a “random” one, presumably attributable to him at the moment enjoying within the Ukrainian top-flight.

Nonetheless, that is the kind of deal that has the potential for the membership to strike gold with as he might arrive as a low-risk and attainable high-reward signing, given his unknown nature.

It stays to be seen whether or not or not the proficient ace will have the ability to translate his type from final season over to English soccer – if Rusyn can then the previous Ukraine U21 worldwide could possibly be a terrific signing and the eventual inheritor to Simms’ place on the high finish of the pitch.