- Sunderland’s key players attracting bids may weaken negotiating power if not promoted to play-offs this season.
- Trai Hume’s success at Black Cats has drawn Premier League and Napoli interest, giving Sunderland profit potential.
- Hume’s signing was a bargain for Sunderland at £150,000, and the club should not undervalue selling him to maximize profit.
Some of Sunderland’s key players look set to attract bids this summer, with the Black Cats’ potential failure to reach the play-offs potentially weakening their negotiating power.
Jack Clarke is one player who could be set to depart – and Pierre Ekwah is another man who has attracted Premier League interest in recent months.
But Trai Hume is the latest black Cats man to attract interest – and that comes as no surprise considering how heavily he has featured this term.
Establishing himself as a key player last season, the Northern Irishman has continued to get plenty of game time under his belt and even though the Wearside club haven’t always been successful this term, he has shone.
Interest in his signature isn’t just limited to English teams though, with Napoli also taking an interest
.Key figures at the Stadium of Light will be delighted that the full-back has attracted interest, because it will give them an opportunity to sell him for a handsome profit and then reinvest that money back into the team.
That will only increase their chances of being successful in the long term, so even if they lose a key player like Hume this summer, they could richly benefit from it through the transfer fee they generate for his signature.
How much Sunderland paid to sign Trai Hume
Hume was signed from Linfield back in the January of 2022 and at the time of his arrival, the BBC reported that he came in for a fee believed to be in the region of £200,000.
But judging by the Northern Irish team’s financial accounts, £150,000 may be a more accurate figure, making him even more of a bargain for the Black Cats.
Considering how often the right-back has appeared for the Wearside club and the fact he has been such an asset at the SoL, he has been one of the best signings in the EFL in recent years.
