Sunderland’s hopes of staying clear of relegation appear to have been dealt a considerable strike after the goalkeeper Jordan Pickford endured a severe looking knee injury throughout the team’s Boxing Day loss at Manchester United.
Pickford’s specific prognosis will be verified by a professional but initial evaluations from Sunderland’s clinical staff suggest the England Under-21 goalkeeper, that has gone through scans, could be sidelined for at least three months.
It stays uncertain whether the 22-year-old will call for surgery yet David Moyes will certainly be surprised at shedding a player that has actually remained in impressive kind for the struggling side this season.
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Pickford is likely to be replaced by his understudy, Vito Mannone, at Burnley on New Year’s Eve and at home to Liverpool on Monday however his injury may let down Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur as well as Manchester United. They have actually all been viewing Sunderland’s young goalkeeper and may have been prepared to bid for him during the January transfer window.
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Although Pickford– who replaced Mannone in August after the Italian fractured an elbow– is contracted to Sunderland until 2020, Moyes was believed to be available to marketing him in January, supplying he could be lent back to them for the remainder of the period.
With Sunderland ₤ 140m in the red and also their ₤ 73m wage costs leaving them perilously near breaching Premier Organization wage cap regulations, Moyes will certainly need to market before he can purchase following month as well as there is little question the team requires enhancing.
A spate of injuries– the bulk affecting knees– have actually not helped his cause. Duncan Watmore and Paddy McNair are already eliminated until following period while Jan Kirchhoff, Lee Cattermole as well as Lynden Gooch will not return till mid-March at the really earliest.
