It was a wild first season again within the Championship for Sunderland this yr and one that just about resulted in play-off promotion again to the Premier League.
Nevertheless, their fairytale was reduce brief by Luton City‘s much more unbelievable stand up the soccer league pyramid, and they also’ve bought to arrange for an additional season in England’s second tier.
Even worse for the Black Cats is that one of many gamers chargeable for their nice end-of-season type, Amad Diallo, is heading again to his father or mother membership, Manchester United for subsequent season.
One of many gamers that might doubtlessly exchange the Ivorian winger within the northeast is Swansea Metropolis’s Morgan Whittaker, in response to Sunderland Nation.
What is the newest on Morgan Whittaker?
In response to the report, the Derby-born winger can also be on the radar of fellow Championship outfit Plymouth Argyle, the place he loved a fruitful mortgage spell for the primary half of the season, having scored 9 occasions and created seven assists in simply 25 League One appearances, through Transfermarkt.
His glorious type for the Devon-based membership brought on Swansea to chop his mortgage spell brief in January and convey him again to South Wales.
It clearly wasn’t a choice the participant was too proud of himself as he posted to his Instagram that he was ‘devastated’ to be leaving the Pilgrims on the time.
His return to Wales has but to work out for him, nevertheless, having began simply two video games for the membership, wherein he has scored one objective.
The opposite staff rumoured to have an interest within the 6 foot 3 winger is Scottish giants Rangers. Michael Beale has been a longtime admirer of Whittaker after he lauded him as “glorious” again in January this yr.
The Glaswegian giants are absolutely a extra doubtless vacation spot for the participant, as Argyle doesn’t have the assets to compete with the stalwart of Scottish soccer.
Sunderland, however, do.
Would Morgan Whittaker be signing for Sunderland?
While his time again within the Championship hasn’t been fairly the success he nor Swansea might need been hoping for, he actually seemed spectacular within the Southwest.
In response to WhoScored, throughout Whittaker’s time with Plymouth, he averaged a formidable match ranking of seven.02, incomes himself 4 ‘Man of the Match’ awards in simply 19 begins.
His former boss Steven Schumacher is actually an enormous fan of the participant, saying in December: “He has a left foot to die for.”
With the rising curiosity of Rangers, Sunderland higher get a transfer on in the event that they need to get this deal achieved for supervisor Tony Mowbray earlier than it is too late.
