Update outlines Sunderland’s transfer stance over attacker

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If a suitable team can be found for 19-year-old winger Jewison Bennette in January, Sunderland is thinking of loaning him out.
The team views loan changes as a means of increasing the playing time and talent development of its younger players.

Bennette will probably be loaned to a team that plays a similar style to Sunderland, like Peterborough United, to make sure the club’s philosophy and his growth mesh.

There seem to be plans to make some movements away from the Stadium of Light as well, as Michael Beale is expected to take over as Sunderland’s new manager.

The Black Cats are thinking about signing 19-year-old winger Jewison Bennette on a loan deal. Chronicle Live reported this and said that a contract would only be completed if the ideal temporary club could be located in January.

When questioned about possible loan moves for the team’s crop of young players who aren’t getting much playing time, interim head coach Mike Dodds stated: “Any of those young players who aren’t playing as much as we’d like, I think it [a loan] needs to be discussed because we have invested in them and we see them as a long-term project.” He continued: “Loans are a way to fix the minutes that they need.”

Dodds made it clear that they wouldn’t send the Costa Rican anywhere that didn’t at the very least have a feel similar to their play style. “We’re not going to put Jewi[son] in a team that is going to smash it from back to front,” Dodds added. “When it comes to finding a place for Jewi to play, one that plays a style similar to Sunderland’s, we need to be really picky so that he can practice the things we want him to practice and improve on.

“It might be abroad, it might be in this country. Those are things that we need to decide for what is right for this football club.”

Who is Jewison Bennette?

Although the teenage wide player from Costa Rica arrived at Sunderland in the summer of 2022, after joining from Herediano, a club in his native country, Bennette has only appeared in 16 league games, 15 of which were played last season. Although his transfer cost was undisclosed, there have been rumors circulating in Central America that it was slightly over £1 million.

The eighteen-year-old’s longest streak of games since moving to the northeast of England has been in international competitions for his nation. A player’s development is never helped by that lack of playing time. He hasn’t been selected to play much this season due to illness and injuries, but his best chance of playing frequently in the 2023–2024 season is to go on loan.

Where should Jewison Bennette go on loan?

Dodds made it very apparent that transferring him to a long-term care facility where he won’t grow in the ways they would like would be pointless. Given that few teams in Leagues One and Two play as well as Sunderland do, this may imply that a move to a lower level EFL club is less likely.

Peterborough United is one team, nevertheless, that does match that formula. The styles of the two clubs are quite alike. According to The Analyst, both Peterborough and Sunderland play roughly 1.7 meters per second, or 3.85 passes each sequence. This same approach would provide Sunderland with the assurance that he will return. to the team, and his mature qualities will continue to fit them.

According to TEAMtalk, the Black Cats have expressed interest in Kwame Poku, the standout winger for the Posh. It might be easier for both parties to close the agreement if Bennette is sent the other way.

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