Sunderland Can Soften Diallo Blow With £5k-p/w Rising Star

Sunderland have been fast off the mark with their switch enterprise this summer season, already bringing in centre-back Nectarios Triantis and younger midfielder Jobe Bellingham, the brother of now-Actual Madrid star Jude Bellingham.

However that pleasure could be offset by attainable departures, with Jack Clarke a goal for quite a lot of Premier League sides, whereas Amad Diallo has additionally returned to dad or mum membership Manchester United.

Black Cats boss Tony Mowbray has admitted it’s “very unlikely” Diallo will return to the Stadium of Mild subsequent season – a mortgage change to a Premier League membership appears the most likely possibility – however that’s not to say there aren’t ample replacements on the market.

Changing the 14 goals and three assists Diallo supplied in 39 Championship matches final season will probably be no straightforward feat, however Sunderland have proven with their spectacular switch enterprise in current home windows that something is feasible.

In accordance with a current report by Sunderland Nation, Swansea Metropolis’s younger attacking midfielder Morgan Whittaker is a type of being eyed as much as fill the void left by Diallo.

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Whittaker impressed on mortgage with Plymouth Argyle within the first half of final season in League One, scoring nine targets and aiding one other seven in 25 appearances for the Pilgrims.

That kind of kind was by no means going to go unnoticed, and so it proved in January when Swansea recalled the 22-year-old with the intention of bolstering their very own assault.

Nonetheless, Whittaker took to social media on the time to say he was “devastated” his time at Plymouth was lower brief. The England U20 worldwide clearly knew what awaited him, as he began just twice for Swansea within the Championship within the second half of final season.

Whittaker’s future in South Wales now seems unsure, with Sunderland maybe seeking to take benefit by tabling a bid for a participant on wages of round £5k-a-week, based on Capology.

Whereas Whittaker has not really had an opportunity to showcase his skills in three seasons with Swansea, he caught the attention at Derby County when breaking into the primary group within the 2019-20 season.

As identified by soccer expertise scout Jacek Kulig on the time, the Englishman possessed good tempo, dribbling expertise and ball management, incomes him the tag “flamboyant winger”.

Whittaker did play out broad a few occasions final season, however his favoured place was taking part in by means of the center of attacking midfield, that includes there 19 times from the beginning of video games, as per WhoScored.

Evaluating Diallo and Whittaker final season is made slightly more durable by the very fact the latter performed throughout two divisions, together with a league beneath. Nonetheless, the pair had been comparable by way of targets scored per 90 minutes (0.45 and 0.41 respectively), whereas Whittaker edged issues by way of assists – 0.29 v 0.10.

Each gamers had been additionally very comparable by way of their taking pictures, with Whittaker discovering the goal from 39.3% of his efforts, in comparison with 39.1% for Diallo. Whittaker discovered the web from 0.11 of these photographs; not too dissimilar to Diallo’s 0.16.

Additionally they every confirmed an equal willingness to win the ball again excessive up the pitch, with Diallo averaging 0.17 tackles per 90 minutes within the attacking third, whereas Whittaker averaged 0.21.

The reality is that Sunderland followers would simply take Diallo over Whittaker if they’d the selection of signing each males this summer season. However with the United man absolutely out of their attain, Whittaker appears nearly as good a selection as any to land on a budget.

In spite of everything, Sunderland have proven with the likes of Clarke, Ross Stewart and others that there are many unpolished gems on the market ready to step up.