Tony Mowbray has struck gold with £200k gem

Since arriving on the membership on the finish of August, Tony Mowbray has loved a robust season accountable for Sunderland has them competing for a spot within the high half of the table.

They’re presently eleventh within the Championship and 6 factors off the play-off locations with 11 matches nonetheless to play and the ex-Blackburn boss has made his facet an thrilling workforce to observe for essentially the most half.

Has Tony Mowbray been a great appointment?

Mowbray has made numerous glorious selections since taking up from Alex Neil and one in every of them has been to utilise Trai Hume as his first-choice at right-back.

The Black Cats supervisor has struck gold with the 20-year-old enforcer because the gem’s worth has soared since his preliminary transfer to the membership in the beginning of 2022.

How a lot is Trai Hume price?

He was signed from Northern Irish facet Linfield for a price within the area of £200k within the January switch window of the 2021/22 marketing campaign, amid competition from Celtic and Stoke Metropolis.

On the time of writing [10/03/2023], FootballTransfers locations his Anticipated Switch Worth at £619k (€700k) and which means his potential worth has soared by 210% from the £200k they paid to signal him final 12 months.

It has not been a straightforward experience for the warrior, although. Lee Johnson labored with Kristjaan Speakman to deliver the younger defender to the Stadium of Gentle however was quickly changed within the dugout by Scottish coach Neil, who then not often used Hume.

In League One, the right-back solely made three appearances for Sunderland – profitable 71% of his duels and making 3.7 tackles and interceptions per match – because the membership went on to be promoted by way of the play-offs.

At first of this season, Hume solely made two substitute outings within the Championship for Neil and his Black Cats profession didn’t seem like on the right track.

Nonetheless, Mowbray’s arrival modified all the things for the Northern Irish gem because the full-back has gone on to start out 12 matches within the division for the present head coach this time period.

The teen, who journalist Josh Bunting hailed as “immense“, has now featured in 17 video games in whole within the league and averaged a Sofascore ranking of 6.88, which locations him eighth within the squad.

He has gained 53% of his duels and made 3.3 tackles and interceptions per match, with no participant within the team making extra tackles per recreation, and this means that the ace has been a stable operator on the again for the membership.

His glorious kind within the Championship has been mirrored within the aforementioned rise within the gem’s worth and reveals that Mowbray has struck gold by making him an everyday fixture within the facet, which is one thing Neil was reluctant to do.