Mowbray Can Land Dream Semedo Partner In £28k-p/w Wizard

Sunderland kick off their 2023/24 Championship marketing campaign with a match in opposition to newly-promoted Ipswich City on the Stadium of Mild subsequent month.

When will Ross Stewart return from damage?

The Black Cats’ solely senior centre-forward, Ross Stewart, has been out with an Achilles damage since January and it has been reported that he is not going to be match for the beginning of the season.

Tony Mowbray confirmed that the Scotland worldwide has been back out on the grass however is but to make a return to full group coaching and isn’t set to characteristic in opposition to the Tractor Boys on the opening day.

Which means that 19-year-old summer season signing Luis Semedo may very well be in line to begin up entrance after his transfer from Benfica B, regardless of having but to make a single senior competitive appearance in his profession up to now.

Sporting director Kristjaan Speakman and Mowbray might land a dream addition to accomplice the Portuguese teen within the assault by bringing Amad Diallo again for a second spell on mortgage from Manchester United.

The Chronicle recently reported that the Black Cats are monitoring his state of affairs because the Pink Devils stay undecided on what they’ll do with him this season, while Leicester Metropolis and Leeds United are additionally stated to have an interest within the younger expertise.

What number of objectives did Amad Diallo rating final season?

Amad, who was utilised on the proper and thru the center as a quantity ten at occasions, plundered 14 goals in 29 Championship begins for the membership.

The Ivory Coast worldwide, whose expertise was dubbed “exceptional” by journalist Josh Bunting, ended the season as Sunderland’s top scorer as he managed 4 greater than every other participant, with Ross Stewart (ten) the one different attacker who hit double figures.

Solely Jack Clarke (21) was straight involved in more goals than the United loanee (17) for the membership within the second tier, which illustrates the large affect he made throughout his momentary spell on the Stadium of Mild.

The 21-year-old whiz has confirmed himself to be able to being a dependable scorer for the Black Cats at Championship stage. He would, subsequently, alleviate some stress off Semedo’s shoulders by offering a big objective menace within the quantity ten place behind the teenage marksman.

Amad might arrive and be the go-to man for objectives in Stewart’s continued absence, beginning with the match in opposition to Ipswich, if Sunderland are in a position to safe one other deal for the proficient teen.

Having a participant of the £28k-per-week dynamo’s high quality, together with Clarke, who scored nine league goals final season, might assist Semedo to settle into the season as a substitute of feeling the stress to want to hit the bottom operating because the beginning quantity 9.

The 19-year-old ace scored a powerful 21 objectives in 44 games for Benfica’s U23 facet and managed ten goals in 14 Youth League outings previous to his swap to England.

This implies that the potential is there for him to be an everyday scorer however he’s but to show himself in a senior atmosphere, which is why having the likes of Clarke and Amad to hold the speedy goalscoring burden this season can be a dream state of affairs for him.