Jack Clarke goes, Chris Rigg stays: Six early Sunderland summer transfer window predictions

Although Sunderland’s hunt for a new head coach is still ongoing without success, the Black Cats

have opened a sizable transfer window in an attempt to restock their roster.

In the interim, as we await news on the new manager, what can Sunderland supporters anticipate

from their summer window? Here are six really early predictions, but keep in mind that football

can alter drastically at any time.

JACK CLARKE GOES

This first forecast looks considerably more plausible than not right now, but perhaps it turns out

to be erroneous. There seems to be little to no chance of a new contract being agreed upon, and there

are echoes of the Ross Stewart saga in that regard; Sunderland has not kept up with Clarke’s rapid progress, and the club is unwilling to break its wage ceiling in order to compete with Premier League clubs and their potential riches.

With two years remaining on his contract, Clarke is not in a haste to leave the team that he enjoys playing for and that has greatly assisted him in rebuilding his career. Additionally, Sunderland does

not need to accept any kind of lowball offer. If only bad offers come in, they can turn them down and enjoy Clarke’s superiority the following season. But his value will start to diminish the longer this standoff persists. Sunderland might get a huge financial windfall from a sale this summer, which

would enhance their position in any bids for other players in the team and enable them to make large reinvestments.

It would be shocking if no one made a serious bid for Clarke, even though financial fair play has

caused a drop in Premier League expenditure in recent years. Clarke’s native status is another

tempting quality. Foreign interest may possibly exist, given that Lazio submitted a late bid during

the January window.

Even if the idea of a Sunderland team without Clarke is unsettling right now given the club’s

offensive shortcomings from the previous season and the dismal outcomes that followed his injury layoff, the team will undoubtedly need to be well-prepared for it…

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