Sunderland fans deliver transfer priorities to Kristjaan Speakman and Stuart Harvey
and live on Freeview channel 276
Speakman was appointed back in December 2020 with Harvey following afterwards. The pair have overseen a radical overhaul of the club’s playing squad with the Wearsiders focusing on their academy, and buying young players to be nurtured and blooded into the first team.
It is a strategy that has produced results, with Sunderland providing a squad that Alex Neil managed to brilliantly turn into promotion winners following Lee Johnson’s under-achievement.
Advertisement
Hide AdAdvertisement
Hide AdHowever, with any recruitment strategy, there are pros and cons the club has been criticised for not providing Sunderland with enough depth, as evidenced by the injuries to Ross Stewart and Ellis Simms, leaving Tony Mowbray without any senior strikers.
But what do Sunderland fans think the club’s transfer priorities should be in January? The Echo asked supporters on Twitter in an online poll to canvass opinion. Here are our findings:
- 81.9 per cent of the 1,196 Sunderland fans polled stated that the club should sign another striker during the January window
- 11 per cent of Black Cats fans that voted believe Speakman and Harvey should sign a defensive midfielder
Advertisement
Hide AdAdvertisement
Hide Ad- Just 4.5 per cent of Sunderland fans think the club should sign a centre-back this coming January