Sunderland Star wants transfer after disagreements with board – what the club have said

Sunderland Star wants transfer after disagreements with board – what the club have said

Jewison Bennette could be in the move this January as he looks to gain first team experience.

Sunderland youngster Jewison Bennette wants to leave the club on loan in January, according to reports.

Bennette has not featured much in the first team this season, though latterly he has been sidelined first by a virus and then by a minor ankle knock. The winger is expected to be fully fit very shortly but is facing significant competition for places.

But Costa Rican journalist, Kevin Jiminez, the man who broke the Bennette to Sunderland story initially during the summer of 2022, has stated that the player has grown frustrated at the club and will look to move in January.

“Jewison Bennette is not playing for Sunderland due to differences on the part of the board,” he said. “According to sources, the player believes that he is not being treated with respect. The player would go out on loan in January.”

Recently, Sunderland’s assistant head coach Mike Dodds said a loan next month might be the best short-term option. Ideally, Sunderland would like Bennette to stay in the UK as he learns the language, but Dodds says finding the right team is equally important.

“Any of those young players who aren’t playing as much as we’d like, I think it [a loan] needs to be discussed because we have invested in them and we see them as a long-term project,” Dodds said. Loans are a way to fix the minutes that they need. The issue isn’t the loan, it’s finding the right type of loan for whichever player – Jewi or whoever else – and what they need.