Sunderland Interested In Signing £10k-p/w Championship Defender

Sunderland are eyeing up a transfer for soon-to-be free agent Morgan Fox, in response to studies.

What’s the newest Sunderland switch information?

The Black Cats and Tony Mowbray seem like on the seek for extra summer season signings following a profitable first season again within the Championship which noticed the attain the playoffs.

Jobe Bellingham, Luis Semedo and Nectarios Triantis have all already penned phrases at The Stadium of Gentle, and it appears as if the membership are concerned about including to their attacking ranks even additional with a transfer for former loanee Elis Simms.

Studies have urged that Sunderland and Ipswich City have made bids for the Everton ahead, with a call to be made quickly on his future. Nonetheless, alongside Simms, one other goal has now emerged on the membership’s radar in Fox.

In line with Soccer League World, Sunderland are one among 4 second-tier sides who’re interested in signing Fox over the approaching months.

The defender is ready to formally change into a free agent when his Stoke Metropolis contract expires on the finish of the month, with Sunderland, Birmingham Metropolis, Queens Park Rangers and Rotherham United all eager on a transfer.

Who’s Morgan Fox?

Fox is primarily a left-back however may prove as a centre-back if required and is valued at €700,000 by Transfermarkt. The 29-year-old has represented various Soccer League sides all through his profession, making greater than 100 appearances for each Charlton Athletic and Sheffield Wednesday.

The £10,000-a-week defender has spent the vast majority of his profession within the Championship, turning out within the division on 239 events – 40 of which got here throughout the 2022/23 marketing campaign.

Fox has performed in opposition to Sunderland on two events and has gained each conferences, and on account of his expertise and flexibility, may show to be a sensible signing. Mowbray has a scarcity of left-backs as effectively, with simply Dennis Cirkin his only senior option, which additional highlights how a switch might be a shrewd one, and by the appears of it, it might be one to control over the approaching weeks.