Liverpool are set to maneuver for Sunderland striker Trey Ogunsuyi, who has already scored 14 targets at youth degree this season in addition to making the first-team bench.
Ogunsuyi, who debuted for Sunderland‘s U21s as a 17-year-old, has been shining throughout the age teams this season as he divides his time between U21s and U18s.
In 16 video games within the academy the Belgian has scored 14 targets and assisted one other, whereas he has additionally made the bench on three events within the Championship.
That has solely enhanced Liverpool’s historic curiosity in a striker who turned 18 on the finish of November, with the Mail‘s Lewis Steele reporting they’ll now “attempt to signal” Ogunsuyi.
Steele, together with north-east correspondent Craig Hope, studies that the Reds are “poised to raid Sunderland” having “saved a watch on” their younger ahead.
It’s unclear whether or not they would goal Ogunsuyi in January or wait till the summer time, but it surely definitely stands to cause that they might have an interest.
Not like latest youth signings similar to Trey Nyoni, Amara Nallo and Rio Ngumoha, nonetheless, any deal for Ogunsuyi can be sophisticated as he’s tied to knowledgeable contract at Sunderland.
That may imply a deal would have to be agreed with the Black Cats earlier than they may talk about phrases with the participant himself, which isn’t the case with these introduced in on scholarships.
Nevertheless, it’s definitely not out of the realms of risk, with Liverpool seeking to focus the expertise inside their academy as a direct supply for the primary crew.
Ogunsuyi, already a Belgium U19 worldwide, can play throughout the ahead line however is most adept as a striker, and scored in a 3-2 defeat to Liverpool U21s again in September.
The Reds’ curiosity comes with a scarcity of pure centre-forwards at youth degree, although Jayden Danns is on the forefront and Ranel Younger, Keyrol Figueroa and Josh Sonni-Lambie are all attention-grabbing choices coming by way of.
Talking in September, per the Northern Echo, Sunderland supervisor Regis Le Bris described Ogunsuyi as a “very attention-grabbing participant for the long run.”
“It was a fantastic alternative for him,” Le Bris stated, having named {the teenager} in his first senior matchday squad for a 3-2 loss at Plymouth.
“On the minute, he’s nonetheless a younger participant who wants to find extra about our surroundings and the expertise of being with skilled gamers.
“Particularly for an away sport, it was a really attention-grabbing alternative for him.
“He wants time to develop, for certain. However he has many qualities and he’s a really attention-grabbing participant for the long run.”
