Sunderland in talks to sign Moussa Sissako

An replace has emerged relating to Sunderland‘s pursuit of Normal Liege defender Moussa Sissako in the summertime switch window…

What’s the discuss?

L’Equipe journalist Loic Tanzi has claimed that the Black Cats are in talks over a deal to signal the centre-back as Kristjaan Speakman seems to be to enhance the squad.

The reporter has added that the participant didn’t conform to a transfer to fellow Championship facet Burnley and is talking with one other (unnamed) membership.

Tanzi tweeted: “Moussa Sissako (ex. PSG, now at Normal) had a proposal from Burnley, however the defender didn’t attain an settlement with the English membership. Ongoing discussions with Sunderland and one other overseas membership #Mercato.”

Daniel Ballard substitute

Sissako may are available at Sunderland to switch Ballard while the summer time signing recovers from the damage that he sustained towards QPR final weekend.

Alex Neil confirmed that the centre-back won’t be again any time quickly, saying: “Dan has a small fracture in his foot. He’s going to be out for the foreseeable future, however it’s troublesome to place a timescale on it.

“Now we have just a few different scans to undertake – and a few specialists to see – to totally perceive the severity of it, however that course of is underway to make sure he then receives the mandatory remedy to get him again as quickly as we will.”

Ought to Sunderland signal Sissako?

The previous Arsenal man began all three of the membership’s opening Championship matches this time period and averaged a SofaScore ranking of 6.57, dropping 56% of his floor duels and solely finishing 69% of his tried passes.

While these statistics are removed from spectacular, they’re nonetheless higher than Danny Batth’s. The 31-year-old has began all 4 of the membership’s league outings and averaged a SofaScore ranking of 6.45, dropping 70% of his floor duels and finishing 68% of his passes

These figures recommend that Ballard and Batth have had a tricky begin to the season, and the previous should now get replaced after struggling an damage.

Sunderland can now exchange the summer time signing by bringing in Sissako from Liege, and he might be an improve on the aforementioned centre-backs. The 6 foot 2 machine loved a strong marketing campaign in Belgium final time period as he averaged a SofaScore ranking of 6.85 and gained 54% of his floor duels, while finishing a formidable 83% of his passes.

This means that, if he can adapt to English soccer, Sissako might be a dream substitute for the injured Ballard on the correct of Sunderland’s again three.

He has proven that he can carry out to the next customary week in, week out, while additionally profitable relatively than dropping the vast majority of his battles on the deck and being way more achieved on the ball.

On the age of 21, Sunderland would even be signing a participant with room to develop and enhance even additional, which implies that he might be a long-term funding while additionally being a short-term repair to the Ballard scenario.