Sunderland’s summer decision to sell Ross Stewart was the ‘correct’ one.
According to Kristjaan Speakman, who stated at the Red & White Army Q&A session that he had no regrets about selling the striker when a ‘decent offer’ came in.
Ross Stewart joined Sunderland from Ross County for less than £300,000 in 2021.
Stewart was initially Charlie Wyke’s understudy, but when his former teammate moved to Wigan Athletic, Stewart stepped up.
The ‘vital’ 27-year-old was instrumental in Sunderland’s promotion to the Championship, scoring 26 goals in 49 games.
Stewart’s form carried over to the second division, where he scored 10 goals in 13 appearances. The attacker, however, sustained an Achilles injury in January and has been sidelined ever since.
Stewart’s contract was slated to expire next summer, so there was a lot of ambiguity about his future.
The Scotland international had been linked with a number of teams, but due to his injury, he was poised to stay on Wearside in the summer.
However, late interest from Southampton prompted Stewart to agree to a £10 million move to the south coast.
The Black Cats are suddenly without an experienced goalkeeper, but Speakman insists that selling him was the right decision.
At yesterday’s Q&A, Speakman was joined by Kyril-Louis Dreyfus, Steve Davison, and David Bruce.
Was it the right decision to sell Ross Stewart?
While it was difficult to watch such a brilliant attacker leave Sunderland, the decision was correct.
The Scot had been injured for about a year, and it was unclear how long it would take him to recover fully, let alone return to his best.
Sunderland might have lost him for pennies in January, or he could have departed for free the following summer if we didn’t win promotion.
It was a pretty excellent deal to get £10 million for an injured player with a year left on his contract.
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