Northern Echo alleges "Prem interest in 4 of our players"


Leicester will be in the same league as us most likely so can't see them taking Patterson from us. As good as Roberts has been, are his stats enough for Premier League clubs to stump up decent money for him?
Might see it as a cheap deal as he only has a year left in his deal
 
We have 7 or 8 players who could play at that level. Don't see any need for it to be next season though. If we don't go up next season, then it will be different question for both us and players.
None of the clubs mentioned are a step up in medium term, imho.
 
Clarke , Patterson and Neil are all contracted to 2026.....so let the Prem Teams and Media have their fun.....we can sit back and enjoy it. I am presuming the recruitment team were expecting this......we have no obligation to sell and they can over bid if they want to and we will have a look.......we are in the driving seat with this one.

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Neil just signed a new deal, he won’t be going anywhere

Apparently they wanna restart talks with Clarke over a new deal already

Roberts has 1 year left, need to get him tied down

Despite what people think I don’t think Clarke n roberts will be desperate to leave, they are such good players that they will always attract interest and might wait till it’s the right moment as they are so settled here and we have backed them and give them a home

We need to upgrade their pay

I’m not that fussed about signing much this summer it’s all about rewarding some of our players who have been fantastic, like they just did with Dan Neil
 
I would only sell Clarke, Neil, Patterson if they're wanting the move and we get a very good offer.

Roberts and Stewart will probably have to be resolved this window, either a new contract here (hopefully), or a sale since they're going into their last year.
 
Why not? Neil is a decent player but limited and struggles mentally at times. Ekwah is the better prospect and we will get the English premium for Neil.

We need a decent combative midfielder with a good fitness track record more than anything.

Haha no he doesn’t, he’s been class. He’s played all but 1 game and is a big reason for our amazing season. Deary me.
 
Just to add its a nice change for us sitting back and having all these rich prem teams enquire about our players.

For a club as big as Sunderland there have only being a handful of players where other clubs have been sniffing around our players and offering attractive fees. Its ridiculous when you think about that we hardly been in this position too often. Usually the Scout seats at the SOL have been occupied by Undertakers and Poundland.

The only notable sales I can think of , my lifetime were Henderson , Mignolet , Pickford , Bent , Van Aaholt and probably Bridges and Gabbiadini (pound for pound good money at the time)
 
Can’t see many of our lot being in a rush to leave, especially the ones who have been there and seen the negatives of being farmed out on loan. Just had a great season, they’re playing every week, and would probably want one more crack at it.

We also don’t need to sell as we don’t have a huge wage bill to pay for, or huge transfers to fund.

If someone goes I imagine we will get over the odds for them.
 

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