Sunderland: Chris Rigg eyed by Newcastle

An replace has emerged on Sunderland teenager Chris Rigg and curiosity in his providers forward of the January switch window…

What’s the speak?

Based on The Sun, the Black Cats’ arch-rivals Newcastle United are eyeing up a swoop to snap the younger prospect up from Wearside.

The report claims that the membership are ‘determined’ to maintain maintain of the 15-year-old expertise however could wrestle to take action as groups circle round him, with Everton additionally mentioned to be eager.

It’s said that the Magpies are plotting a £2.5m raid on the Stadium of Gentle, though it’s unclear if that will likely be sufficient to tempt Kristjaan Speakman into promoting or not.

Tony Mowbray could be gutted

The Sunderland head coach could be gutted by the sale of a highly-rated expertise with the potential to make the breakthrough into the first-team.

Will Sunderland maintain maintain of Rigg?

It might be a catastrophe for the Black Cats if sporting director Speakman opts to promote the teenager to Newcastle for £2.5m, for extra causes than one.

Firstly, the message that it could ship to supporters could be a harmful one. It might sign to the fanbase that they don’t seem to be in a spot the place they will handle to maintain maintain of their brightest prospects and that their noisy neighbours are extra interesting as a membership, which can not go down nicely on Wearside.

Together with that, Sunderland might be dropping a participant with the standard to make an influence within the first-team sooner or later. On the age of 16, he has already made his solution to the under-21 squad and captained England at youth degree.

Journalist, and supporter of the membership, Josh Bunting hailed the gem final month, tweeting:

“15 years of age and Chris Rigg is basically impressing for Sunderland at 21’s degree this afternoon. Making issues occur, pretty and cozy on the ball and assured at driving on the opposition. He’s a key participant to maintain, can’t lose gamers like him at this stage.”

This, together with curiosity from Premier League golf equipment, suggests that he’s a future star for the Black Cats and that’s the reason dropping him could be an enormous blow for Mowbray and the membership.

The Sunderland boss will certainly wish to maintain gifted gamers on Wearside and that’s the reason the prospect of dropping Rigg ought to depart him gutted, because the 15-year-old is a participant with the scope to develop right into a key participant given the hype he has attracted at such a younger age.

Subsequently, promoting him to their bitter rivals could be a catastrophe for Speakman and one which the sporting director should keep away from within the coming months.