Ben Nelson

[FoxinNotts]

https://www.sunderlandecho.com/sport/football/sunderland-afc/sunderland-linked-with-leicester-citys-ex-rochdale-and-doncaster-rovers-loanee-after-title-win-4714832

 

Enquiry made for Loan from Sunderland

[moore_94]

If not needed for this season that would be a very good loan for him

[Pliskin]

I’d let him go out on loan, full season playing first team football will do him some good! 

[Wasyls Pec Deck]

Sounds like a reasonable thing to do and follows in how we’ve developed Barnes and KDH.

[TheGoldenGod]

Yeah loan him and we'll have Jack Clarke. Fair deal!

[AKCJ]

1 hour ago, TheGoldenGod said:

Yeah loan him and we'll have Jack Clarke. Fair deal!

Sooner have Chris Rigg.

[TheGoldenGod]

15 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

Sooner have Chris Rigg.

I was joking obviously, but he's another midfielder tho, no? a REALLY young one too. Got them in abundance all trying to get a look in!

[frany104]

I thought he looked class last night. He’s a rolls Royce. If he’s not going to get regular game time this season then a loan is ideal. Sunderland would be a great move for him.

[Stevosevic]

Faes, Vestegard, Coady and the new lad probably all ahead of him right now. 

[K789]

He'll do well there. Kids going to the absolute top of game 

[honeybradger]

Good loan deal for him to get consistent game time, the worry for us is that he might already be a better player than Okoli and we have spent £11mil to downgrade the squad. Hopefully Okoli is just adjusting to moving to a new team and will prove to be an important player next season.

[Big_Nige]

The perfect loan in my eyes. As good as he is, I really think a season playing at a decent sized club in the championship would bring him on even more

 

We’re stocked with centrebacks, and there's no point keeping him around for caribao cup minutes

[South Shire Fox]

Hopefully we are choosing a club that plays a nice style of football and isnt going to be scrapping to stay up to develop him properly. Alves to someone like West Brom would be a good fit as well

[FoxinNotts]

2 minutes ago, South Shire Fox said:

Hopefully we are choosing a club that plays a nice style of football and isnt going to be scrapping to stay up to develop him properly. Alves to someone like West Brom would be a good fit as well

I'd like to keep Alves for the bench for this season, after seeing him against Shrewsbury. I'd love him to have a break out season for us.

[CrazyKopCorner]

I'm impressed with Nelson and regular 1st team football with a superb club like Sunderland would be great for him. 

 

A deal incorporating Jack Clarke is surely the angle we should take 

[JimJams]

Whilst I get the idea that sending him on loan might be a decent idea for his development, I'm not particularly convinced he's not better than the majority of our current options tbh.  Whether that's an overestimation of his ability or a lack of faith in the players we do have I'm not sure. But I wouldn't be too quick to sanction it if I were Cooper.

[StanSP]

Decent option. 

 

Guess we're not allowed more than one Nelson at the club. 

 

Or we go Triple Nelson, in which case w keep Ben, sign Reiss and find another Nelson in the market... 

[JimJams]

2 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Decent option. 

 

Guess we're not allowed more than one Nelson at the club. 

 

Or we go Triple Nelson, in which case w keep Ben, sign Reiss and find another Nelson in the market... 

We've just put a bid in for Semedo from Wolves!

[Tuna]

A 40 game season in the championship would do wonders for him.

[jayfox26]

Would be a good move. If we don't loan him out this season then he either a. Doesn't play much or b. Gets thrown into premier league football when he may not be ready, and this could affect his confidence and future development. A season in the championship would be good for him, just a shame we couldn't have used him more last season. 

[gurru991]

9 hours ago, Stevosevic said:

Faes, Vestegard, Coady and the new lad probably all ahead of him right now. 

I think Faes leaves this window & Nelson will get to play.

[LFEFox23]

Perfect move, as long as he's a starter!

[skelly61]

20 hours ago, frany104 said:

I thought he looked class last night. He’s a rolls Royce. If he’s not going to get regular game time this season then a loan is ideal. Sunderland would be a great move for him.

Totally agree he was one of the better players on Tuesday along with Alves we have 2 very good players Alves i would keep as i would love to see him get gametime this season Ben a loan is ideal as gametime this season might be limited and Sunderland is ideal

[ClaphamFox]

We have lots of central defenders; whether we have enough quality central defenders for the PL is another matter. Personally I'd prefer Nelson to stay as I can see him becoming our best centre-half in the near future and I don't really trust any of the others.

Edited 25 July 2024 by ClaphamFox

[dbtcity]

After seeing a very brief snippet of Okoli I’m a bit disappointed we’ve opted to blow 10+ m on him over giving Nelson a chance! I guess the club are thinking his development would be best served out on loan getting regular game time over a potential rotation/back up option here… granted it’s early doors with Okoli but he didn’t look all that comfortable on the ball which could end up being a massive issue in the prem! Looks like a juiced up Amartey