Sunderland followers shall be eagerly awaiting the Championship getting again underway, because the worldwide break is now over, and the weekend looms massive on the horizon.
The Black Cats away devoted face a prolonged journey to Plymouth Argyle, hopeful that their aspect could make it an unimaginable 5 league victories on the bounce in Devon.
New Sunderland boss Regis Le Bris, who has already made fairly the impression on supporters in Wearside, will little question choose 17-year-old sensation Chris Rigg for this check in opposition to Wayne Rooney’s Pilgrims, who’s now catching the attention of many luxurious suitors.
He might doubtlessly even go for greater than what Sunderland acquired for Jack Clarke, with Ipswich City paying round £15m to win the previous Tottenham Hotspur man’s providers this summer season, after he had reinvented himself on the Stadium of Gentle.
Rigg’s future at Sunderland
It is nonetheless early days within the fledging profession of Rigg, however very similar to Jobe Bellingham within the Sunderland ranks, the highest younger starlets at Le Bris’ disposal are already being eyed up by some mammoth golf equipment.
In line with GIVEMESPORT, Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester Metropolis are all within the providers of Rigg shifting ahead, having been intently scouting {the teenager} in motion.
He has additionally been linked with a significant swap to Spanish titans Actual Madrid, additional reinforcing how excessive {the teenager}’s ceiling already is to have Carlo Ancelotti’s giants sniffing round.
The report additionally added gasoline to the fireplace by stating that Rigg’s departure down the road would give the Championship aspect a ‘seismic quantity’ to play with within the switch kitty, however the homegrown Black Cats ace is completely advantageous with sticking it out at his present location in the meanwhile, particularly as Sunderland now sit fairly on the high of the division.
Approaching leaps and bounds since being Sunderland’s youngest-ever league goalscorer final September, he may properly depart sooner or later for far more than Clarke’s £15m, significantly contemplating that the report states that he is even deemed a much bigger expertise than compatriot, Adam Wharton, who left second tier aspect Blackburn Rovers to affix Crystal Palace on a £22m deal in January.
Throw into the combination that the Black Cats had been additionally demanding round £20m for Rigg’s teammate Anthony Patterson this summer season, and it is easy to see why {the teenager} might quickly eclipse Clarke’s latest switch payment.
Rigg’s season up to now
Given probabilities right here and there final marketing campaign underneath the likes of interim head coach Mike Dodds, Le Bris has made Rigg entrance and centre of his new-look Black Cats aspect, with the Sunderland quantity 11 current in all 4 of his aspect’s league wins thus far.
He has additionally began three of these contests, as Rigg – and the remainder of his teammates – proceed to look unshackled and free underneath the brand new managerial strategies of the ex-Lorient boss.
Rising first group values this season in Sunderland first group | ||
|---|---|---|
Participant | Worth finish of final season | Worth now |
Anthony Patterson | £10.8m | £11.3m |
Daniel Ballard | £4.4m | £6.4m |
Dan Neil | £4.5m | £7m |
Jobe Bellingham | £6.5m | £10.4m |
Trai Hume | £4.8m | £7.9m |
Sourced by Soccer Transfers | ||
Trying on the desk above, the likes of Jobe Bellingham and Trai Hume within the Black Cats first group are very a lot benefitting from the freshness of the early Le Bris regime, with 18-year-old Bellingham’s worth now all of the up at £10.4m.
In line with Transfermarkt, Rigg’s worth solely is available in at a meagre £253k – when wanting in direction of the back-end of Sunderland’s topsy-turvy 23/24 marketing campaign – together with his improve in worth to return little question probably the most dramatic on the record.
Profitable 4 duels as a vigorous presence in his aspect’s 3-1 win away at Portsmouth earlier than the worldwide break intervened, Rigg – who was labelled as “fantastic” by former Sunderland boss Tony Mowbray final yr – has additionally proven an eye fixed for purpose throughout his group’s 4 league wins thus far, with three photographs registered in opposition to Sheffield Wednesday final month.
He’ll solely get higher underneath Le Bris and appears prone to be Sunderland’s subsequent massive sale, particularly if Ancelotti’s Whites come knocking with an absurd supply down the road.
