Sunderland make method to signal “excellent” EFL star

Sunderland may be with out Jobe Bellingham for his or her nerve-wracking Premier League journey, however at the very least Regis Le Bris nonetheless has Chris Rigg to name upon for now.

Amazingly, Rigg is barely 18 years of age, regardless of that includes a colossal 47 instances final season for Le Bris’ promotion-winners.

The teenage sensation has rightly garnered plenty of consideration from greater up suitors; due to this fact, with Manchester United as soon as reportedly eager on including the breakout Black Cats star to their star-studded camp.

Nevertheless, with Bellingham gone, Sunderland should do every part of their energy now to maintain Rigg on the Stadium of Gentle for the foreseeable future.

Sunderland curious about transfer for Rigg 2.0

Le Bris might effectively land his subsequent iteration of Rigg this summer time with a brand new goal – one who’s three years older than Rigg – now on the radar.

Certainly, as per a brand new report from SportsBoom, Sunderland has made some preliminary enquiries about touchdown rising West Bromwich Albion midfielder Isaac Worth.

Burnley and Portsmouth are additionally named as being within the dialog about snapping up the younger Northern Irishman, however Sunderland’s glittering monitor document with up-and-coming skills would possibly effectively sway Worth’s decision-making to swap the West Midlands for Wearside.

While Worth has proven flashes of his excellence from his quick keep on the Hawthorns so far, he might actually discover that his sport is elevated by shifting to the Stadium of Gentle.

How Worth could possibly be Le Bris’ subsequent Rigg

While Rigg had been in and across the senior combine for a while earlier than Le Bris’ arrival, he hadn’t but captivated the Sunderland lots commonly till the ex-Lorient boss stormed via the door. It is truthful to say he now actually has.

{The teenager} had excited followers on the Stadium of Gentle along with his promising shows in youth circles for a while now however his first actual breakout season within the senior aspect got here simply this marketing campaign.

Amazingly, that may coincide with promotion being reached, with Rigg now determined to show himself within the Premier League, alongside his new potential teammate in Worth who will probably be equally keen to chop his tooth at an elite degree.

Very like the 18-year-old starlet, Worth has been thrust into the highlight from a really early age, along with his debut for the Northern Eire senior crew coming when he was simply 19 years of age.

This has confirmed to be a smart name ever since, contemplating the promising Baggies quantity 21 is as much as six strikes already for his nationwide aspect, regardless of solely receiving 16 caps.

He has additionally proven why West Brom splashed out a rumoured £2.5m to win his companies simply this January, with Worth managing to choose up one purpose and one help for his new employers from 15 appearances, at the same time as their promotion hopes began to crumble.

He might kick on much more with Le Bris by his aspect, due to this fact, having seen what the ex-Lorient boss has managed with Rigg, with Worth’s flexibility to play in an entire host of positions additionally drawing similarities to the Purple Devils-linked teenager. Final season, the 18-year-old wildly lined up as a centre-forward on 5 events.

Dubbed as “excellent” by former teammate Asmir Begovic when Worth was a wide-eyed teen himself at Everton, this could possibly be lastly the time the Pontefract-born ace proves himself within the Premier League.

Sunderland’s method of gifting up-and-coming children loads of minutes has labored wonders previously, with that maybe persevering with if Worth joins Le Bris’ rising camp very shortly.

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