Sunderland followers would have been anticipating to see their aspect put Plymouth Argyle to the sword final trip with the Pilgrims deep in a relegation battle within the Championship.
As an alternative, the ultimate final result was a dramatic 2-2 draw because the lowly guests from Devon confirmed extra combat and high quality than Regis Le Bris’ males would have anticipated heading into the conflict.
While Wilson Isidor did rating on this action-packed affair, the Black Cats look to nonetheless be on the hunt for a brand new potent striker addition earlier than the switch window closes, with the Frenchman doubtlessly unearthing his personal private Ross Stewart within the course of.
Ross Stewart’s heroics at Sunderland
The Black Cats critically struggled final season within the wake of Stewart now not being round, as their high scorer for the season ended up being Jack Clarke with 15 strikes regardless of the now Ipswich City man lining up as a winger.
This marketing campaign, it may very well be argued that an thrilling striker has lastly been picked up within the type of Isidor, however the Zenit St Petersburg loanee has nonetheless managed to squander an eye-watering 14 big chances in league motion – together with lacking two penalties away at Burnley. Regardless of that, he has nonetheless scored nine times in 26 contests.
Quite the opposite, throughout Stewart’s ultimate match marketing campaign donning Sunderland crimson and white, the spectacular Scotsman managed to fireside residence a much more spectacular 26 strikes in complete, along with his mammoth quantity of huge possibilities missed coming in at 23 finally forgotten about.
From 13 league video games the season after – even when battling with damage difficulties – Stewart additionally managed to fireside residence a ridiculous ten strikes, with Le Bris wanting a equally deadly attacker within the 28-year-old’s mould within the here-and-now away from the typically hot-and-cold presence of Isidor.
Sunderland pushing for EFL purpose machine
As per a latest report from French outlet Foot Mercato, Sunderland are pushing to signal Ajax centre-forward Chuba Akpom this window in a bid to bolster their striker choices.
Each Lille and Lens from Ligue 1 have an interest within the ex-Arsenal youth product too, with the Dutch media giving their very own tackle this ongoing switch saga as Algemeen Dagblad – as has been relayed by Sport Witness – state that Akpom has ‘no curiosity’ in uprooting to Sunderland away from Amsterdam.
However, Akpom might nicely nonetheless be satisfied to return to English shores if he’s in search of out a confidence increase in entrance of purpose, having solely fired residence three Eredivisie strikes throughout 2024/25 thus far away from his earlier heroics within the Championship.
In any case, when he was final succeeding on the stage, the 29-year-old was toying with second-tier defences when pulling on a Middlesbrough strip, as a second-tier golden boot even proudly got here his approach. Such outstanding type noticed Michael Carrick describe the forward as a “terrific” player.
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Akpom’s league numbers for Boro (22/23) |
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Stat (* = per sport) |
Akpom |
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Video games performed |
38 |
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Targets scored |
28 |
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Assists |
2 |
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Pictures* |
2.6 |
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Scoring frequency |
111 minutes |
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Massive possibilities missed |
17 |
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Massive possibilities created |
2 |
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Stats by Sofascore |
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Wanting on the desk above, it is clear why Akpom has been chosen as considered one of Sunderland’s switch priorities up high with the 6-foot striker serving to himself to an unbelievable 28 strikes from 38 league video games throughout 2022/23, which then led to his main transfer to Ajax.
These kinds of numbers haven’t been seen on the Stadium of Gentle because the fruitful days of Stewart, with Akpom’s arrival onto the scene certainly seeing Isidor take a back-seat for the brand new recruit to shine.
While the 29-year-old does sound as if he’ll want some convincing to relocate, Sunderland ought to go all out to attempt to snap up the Ajax quantity ten, as Le Bris goes about including in additional high quality to assist his staff’s promotion possibilities.
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