Sunderland must sign Morgan Sanson

Sunderland have endured a blended begin to the 2022/23 Championship marketing campaign as they sit seven factors outdoors the play-off positions after 19 matches.

They’ve misplaced extra video games (seven) than they’ve received (six) within the division and supervisor Tony Mowbray could look to the upcoming January switch window to make some adjustments to his squad.

A participant who might discover himself heading out of the exit door on the Stadium of Gentle is 21-year-old Jay Matete as he has discovered sport time onerous to return by to this point this season.

Sunderland snapped the Englishman up from Fleetwood in January of this 12 months and he began 12 League One matches because the membership finally secured promotion by way of the play-offs.

The midfielder ended that marketing campaign with a median SofaScore score of 6.77 throughout 36 appearances within the division for Fleetwood and Sunderland mixed – a rating that positioned him 19th within the Black Cats squad.

He has adopted that up by struggling for minutes within the Championship this time period. Matete has solely performed six occasions, beginning once, and averaged a score of 6.68 – rating him 19th once more.

One participant the membership might usher in to take his place within the squad is Aston Villa outcast Morgan Sanson. The Frenchman may very well be a top quality addition to the aspect and would permit them to ditch the previous Fleetwood man, as Mowbray wouldn’t be left quick on choices in the course of the park.

It was reported by French outlet Jeunes Footeux, in October, that Sunderland are one in every of numerous golf equipment eyeing up the Villa man for a possible mortgage deal throughout the second half of the marketing campaign.

Sanson averaged a SofaScore score of 6.68 in ten Premier League appearances final season – matching Matete’s type within the Championship – and managed a rating of 6.78 or higher in every of his final five seasons in Ligue 1 for Montpellier and Marseille.

Ought to Sunderland signal Sanson?

In his final marketing campaign within the French top-flight, the 28-year-old produced two targets and three assists – creating five ‘large possibilities’ – in 12 appearances, while additionally making 2.6 tackles and interceptions per sport.

Matete managed 3.0 tackles and interceptions per match and chipped in with one purpose and one help in 36 third-tier matches final season, two divisions decrease than the extent Sanson was enjoying at in his dwelling nation on the time.

These statistics recommend that the Villa man, who Dean Smith claimed has “a bit of everything“, would provide the same stage of defensive high quality while offering way more for the crew in possession by moving into the field to attain targets and by creating alternatives for his teammates.

Subsequently, Mowbray might ditch Matete, who has flopped to this point, in January by bringing in Sanson to switch him, which is why Kristjaan Speakman and the Black Cats head coach should work onerous to get this deal achieved.