Sunderland Eager To Hold On To 10-Goal Star Ross Stewart

Sunderland will struggle tooth and nail to carry on to Ross Stewart this summer time it appears, with Kristjaan Speakman telling The Athletic that he’s “eager” to carry on to the ahead and attain recent phrases with the participant.

What number of targets has Ross Stewart scored for Sunderland?

The 26-year-old struggled to get onto the sphere too steadily for the Black Cats in 2022/23, with the striker having to drop out of the aspect resulting from harm points. It meant that the Championship aspect needed to attempt to declare a promotion with out him and while they had been capable of climb into the play-off places in his absence, they in the end faltered and fell out of the competitors to eventual winners Luton.

Nonetheless, the attacker bagged himself ten goals in simply 13 league outings and with three assists as well, it meant he ended the marketing campaign with a purpose contribution fee of 1.12 per 90 – the most effective of his profession.

Previous to that, he fired Sunderland to glory in League One with 24 goals in 46 third tier video games. It implies that since his transfer to the Stadium of Gentle, he has by no means didn’t hit a double digit purpose tally when he begins ten video games or extra. It reveals how prolific the striker has been for the membership and the way massive of a miss he was when he did have to take a seat out of fixtures final season.

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Now, with the membership awaiting potential curiosity in Stewart’s companies, Speakman has as soon as extra reiterated his aspect’s need to maintain maintain of the Scotland man.

Talking through The Athletic, the Black Cats’ sporting director said that they’re “actually eager” to maintain maintain of the ahead however that they “have not obtained to an settlement” on recent phrases on the membership but. Nonetheless, in a lift for Sunderland followers, he additionally added that it appears the participant himself would “like to remain” with the Championship outfit.

As but although, no recent contract has been agreed and it means he should still be the topic of curiosity in some unspecified time in the future this window, however “that is our non-public enterprise,” says Speakman.

He revealed: “The scenario is not any totally different to the place we have now been: we’re actually eager to retain Ross and all the things from his camp is that he’d like to remain. However we haven’t obtained to an settlement that each events wish to log off.

“Externally that may appear unusual, however we don’t assume it’s – Dennis Cirkin re-signed final week and we have now been talking to him about his contract for perhaps six months.”

Any curiosity would come as no shock although. Having not struggled to adapt to the second tier, as showcased by his ten targets, the ahead has confirmed he’s effectively able to find the again of the online within the Championship.

In truth, the reward has regularly been heaped on Stewart since his swap to Sunderland, with journalist and Black Cats fan Josh Bunting stating that the striker is “excellent” after his performances on Wearsdie. His targets file additionally shows this, and he actually stepped as much as the plate in assault for the membership since his switch – and it’s due to this fact no surprise that the second tier outfit are so determined to carry onto the Scotland participant.