Champion League
Sunderland: Imagine Simms & Nathan Broadhead
Sunderland kicked off their 2022/23 Championship marketing campaign with a 1-1 draw with Coventry on the Stadium of Mild final weekend.
The hosts took the lead by means of Jack Clarke early on as he rose unmarked on the again publish to nod the ball into an empty internet after the goalkeeper misplaced his bearings within the field.
Alex Neil’s males had been pegged again close to the top of the match, although, because the guests piled on the strain to safe an equaliser.
After the draw with Coventry, Neil admitted that the Black Cats are in search of quite a lot of new signings to bolster their squad in order that they’ve the power in depth that their rivals have.
He informed the Sunderland Echo: “We’ve nonetheless bought 4, probably 5 that we need to herald earlier than the window ends.
“We’d like to verify the squad is aggressive and never solely that, they introduced 4 or 5 actually recent lads on who know the extent, and that may actually make a distinction.
“I believe what you may see right now is that it was a step up in depth. I assumed in direction of the top of the sport our lads had been lifeless on their ft, it truly is tough. Usually we rating a purpose in League One, the opposition will get a bit scared and so they sink again into their form. We management the ball and it’s mainly a case of when will the subsequent purpose come.”
Ought to Sunderland signal Broadhead?
One participant the membership have just lately been linked with a transfer for is Everton attacker Nathan Broadhead, who spent the 2021/22 marketing campaign on mortgage on Wearside.
Journalist Josh Bunting dubbed him “sensational” for the Black Cats and the £2.9k-per-week gem’s statistics again up that declare. He plundered an eye catching ten targets in 15 League One begins for the membership and he has the potential to kind a dream duo with fellow Toffees man Ellis Simms.
Broadhead is able to enjoying out broad on the left or as a striker in a two and because of this he might play alongside Ross Stewart and the previous Hearts loanee this season.
He has a pre-existing relationship with Simms because the pair performed ten matches with one another for Everton at U23 stage, which implies that they might kind an on the spot connection on the pitch.
They might hit the bottom operating for the Black Cats and be a dynamic duo on the high finish of the pitch, as each of them are able to scoring at a powerful price.
Simms netted five instances in 11 Premiership begins for Hearts final time period and managed 10 targets in 19 begins on mortgage at Blackpool in League One the 12 months previous to that.
Now, think about him and Broadhead lining up in the identical Sunderland workforce this season. It’s an thrilling prospect due to their potential to attain targets and their relationship on the pitch, which is why Kristjaan Speakman should get this transfer over the road to seal this dream duo.
