Sunderland: Cirkin attracting interest | FootballFanCast.com

A worrying switch declare has emerged on Sunderland central defender Dennis Cirkin forward of the January switch window…

What’s the speak?

In keeping with The Sun, Premier League aspect Tottenham Hotspur are eyeing up a swoop to convey the teenager again to the membership after promoting him to the Black Cats final yr.

The report claims that Spurs are set to scout him forward of the January switch window with a view to re-signing the gem simply 18 months after permitting him to depart for an undisclosed price.

It has beforehand been reported that the top-flight outfit have a £6m buyback possibility that’s legitimate till 2024 and The Sun now declare that Tottenham might snap him up earlier than immediately promoting him on to a rival for revenue.

Nightmare state of affairs

Black Cats sporting director Kristjaan Speakman is on a crash course for a Sunderland nightmare as dropping Cirkin could be a giant blow to Tony Mowbray’s squad.

Would dropping Cirkin be a nightmare?

If the sooner experiences of a buyback clause are correct then there may be nothing the membership can do to cease the defender from transferring again to the Premier League giants past attempting to persuade him to reject the switch.

Speakman agreed the £6m possibility with Tottenham and will now be left with egg on his face if it comes again to chew him within the January window. Spurs might merely activate the clause and signal him from the Stadium of Mild earlier than promoting him to a different top-flight aspect, offered there may be sufficient curiosity, for revenue.

In that state of affairs, Sunderland could be lacking out on the complete potential of Cirkin’s worth and could be dropping a key participant inside their Championship squad.

Journalist Josh Bunting described the 20-year-old dynamo as “tough to interchange” and a “standout” for Sunderland this season, shortly after he picked up an harm in September. He has not played because the 1-0 defeat to Middlesbrough and just lately made his return as he sat on the bench for the 2-1 loss to Swansea however has began eight of the membership’s 13 league matches.

Cirkin has averaged 3.1 tackles and interceptions per sport within the second tier, which is a tally solely three gamers within the Black Cats squad with at the very least one begin have bettered, which highlights his spectacular defensive capacity and why his exit could be a blow for Mowbray

On the age of 20, he additionally has loads of time left forward of him to develop and enhance as a participant and which means his worth will certainly solely enhance as he positive aspects extra expertise and hones his expertise.

Subsequently, dropping him for a pre-set price of £6m this winter, solely to look at Spurs promote him on for greater than that might be a nightmare for Sunderland and a state of affairs that Speakman set himself on a crash course for when he agreed the buyback clause in 2021.