Sunderland: Thompson could be Simms’ heir

Sunderland have taken little time to adapt to life within the Championship this season as they sit fifth within the table heading into the primary worldwide break of the marketing campaign.

Tony Mowbray’s males held Watford to a 2-2 draw of their final outing within the second tier and have received 4 of their opening ten matches within the division.

The Black Cats have been spectacular in entrance of aim with 16 strikes in ten matches, and solely three groups within the league have scored extra targets than them.

This has, partly, been all the way down to the type of their entrance two for almost all of the season to this point; Ross Stewart and Ellis Simms. The previous has scored five targets in seven outings within the Championship, while the on-loan Everton gem has discovered the again of the online three instances in eight appearances.

They’ve confirmed that they’ve the standard to make a huge impact on the prime finish of the pitch and are a nightmare for opposition defenders to mark.

Simms, who scored ten instances in 19 League One matches on mortgage at Blackpool in 2020/21, is on mortgage till the top of the season and it stays to be seen whether or not or not the Black Cats will have the ability to, or need to, signal him completely.

Ought to Sunderland signal Simms completely?

Because of this Mowbray could have one eye on what he needs to do with the striker function subsequent to Stewart heading into the 2023/24 marketing campaign.

While snapping the 21-year-old up on a everlasting foundation could also be one choice for Sunderland, unearthing a younger expertise from the academy may very well be one option to discover Simms’ inheritor subsequent yr.

20-year-old ahead Max Thompson joined the membership from Burnley in the summertime and he may very well be a future star for the Black Cats below Mowbray.

The teenager, who can play out extensive or via the center as a striker, scored 17 targets in 41 Premier League 2 matches for the Clarets and made his Premier League debut throughout his time at Turf Moor.

After his transfer to the Stadium of Mild was confirmed, journalist Josh Bunting hailed the younger gem. He Tweeted:

“Max Thompson pretty little bit of enterprise that from Sunderland. An actual pure goal-scorer at 21’s degree going to take him a wee little bit of time to get into the primary group image however actually going the best manner. 5 targets in his final two video games, so clever within the field. Scientific #SAFC.”

The dynamo has lived as much as the hype this season as he’s at present sitting on three targets and one help in three Premier League 2 appearances for Sunderland’s U21s.

Thompson has proven, for Burnley and now the Black Cats, that he has the potential to be a daily goalscorer at first-team degree if he could make the step as much as doing it exterior of academy soccer.

Due to this fact, he may very well be the inheritor to Simms’ throne up entrance after the ahead returns to Everton subsequent summer time, offering Mowbray is ready to develop him into being prepared for the senior group by the 2022/23 marketing campaign.