Sunderland must sign Troy Parrott

Sunderland are set to embark on their first Championship marketing campaign for the reason that 2017/18 season and can be trying to keep away from relegation on the first try.

Alex Neil and Kristjaan Speakman can be working laborious to enhance the squad within the coming weeks and months as a way to give themselves the most effective likelihood of competing within the second tier.

Ought to Sunderland signal Parrott?

One participant who has been tipped to make a transfer to the Stadium of Mild is younger Tottenham centre-forward Troy Parrott, who spent final season on mortgage at MK Dons in League One.

Former Black Cats striker Stephen Elliott has recommended {that a} transfer to Wearside would swimsuit the 20-year-old, saying: “For him to maintain enhancing, he wants to maneuver himself up a stage. I feel someplace like Sunderland – they want a few strikers – they’ve bought Ross Stewart there in the mean time however he may do with slightly assist in there.

“I feel if Troy Parrott got here to Sunderland, I feel he’d embrace taking part in for a membership like that with the large crowds, the ambiance on the video games and that feeling of doing effectively there and thriving there. He seems to be like the kind of participant that thrives on taking part in on the large event and I feel it may very well be a very good transfer.”

Sunderland’s personal Harry Kane

By securing a deal for Parrott, both on mortgage or completely, Speakman can discover the membership’s personal model of the England captain.

The apparent hyperlinks between the 2 gamers are that they’re each Tottenham academy graduates who play up entrance and each hung out on loan at Millwall early of their respective careers.

Together with that, they’re each strikers who’re equally able to scoring and aiding targets from the quantity 9 place.

Within the 2020/21 marketing campaign, Kane won the Golden Boot and the Playmaker award within the Premier League with 23 targets and 14 assists. In the meantime, Parrott has simply loved a powerful 12 months out on mortgage with MK Dons in League One as he provided a glimpse of what he could be able to at a better stage.

Keith Andrews mentioned that the teen is “flying” with Eire at worldwide stage. The striker has three targets in 13 matches for the Boys in Inexperienced up to now, which exhibits that he can deal with the strain of taking part in for his nation.

On the age of 20, the £7k-per-week gem is within the early levels of his profession and has the potential to develop additional and hit greater numbers together with his contributions within the remaining third.

Sunderland should now act on Elliott’s recommendation and swoop for the teen, who has been dubbed “incredible” by compatriot and former MK Dons team-mate Connor Coventry, as he can turn into the Black Cats’ personal model of Kane – scoring and creating targets in equal measure within the Championship.

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