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Sunderland has been linked with an international attacker but faces competition from Club Brugge and other European clubs, according to foreign reports.
Dutch website Voetbalnieuws claims that Club Brugge has set their sights on 20-year-old forward Alexander Aravena with Sunderland also interested.
That is a 20-year-old Chilean attacker, who has one cap for his country, currently plays CD Universidad Catolica, and has impressed this season, netting three goals and three assists in 14 games.
The Dutch report also states Aravena has also attracted the interest of AZ, Sunderland, and Granada following his decent form over the past campaign.
Sunderland is also said to e making progress on their ambitious bid to bring Birmingham City youngster Jobe Bellingham to the club.
Bellingham, younger brother of Borussia Dortmund and England star Jude, was in attendance for the first leg of Sunderland’s play-off semi-final against Luton Town at the Stadium of Light eight days ago.
According to Chilliean outlet Minuto D, Sunderland had scouts watching Aravena just last night as the attacker started on the right and equalized for UC in the 18th minute.
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Sunderland scouts watch the attacker
Sunderland has been recently linked with an interest in young Chilean international Alexander Aravena.
The 20-year-old, who can play all across the front line, is having a stand-out season for Universidad Catolica (UC), scoring 6 goals and providing two assists in just 12 games this season (before last night’s game against Union La Calera). This form saw Aravena making his full debut for Chile in a friendly against Paraguay in March.
According to local sports outlet Minuto D, Sunderland had scouts present last night to watch the player as Aravena started on the right for the home side and the scouts will doubtless have been impressed early on as the number 18 equalized for UC in the 18th minute after he was played in on the right, cut inside and fired past the goalkeeper from outside the box with his left foot:
As well as Sunderland, Club Brugge, AZ Alkmaar, and Granada have been linked to the forward but club president Juan Tagle (speaking to Radio ADN) said although there is interest in the player, they have not yet had any concrete offers:
Jobe clause to benefit Sunderland?
Sunderland are expected to sign Birmingham City midfielder Jobe Bellingham this summer, according to recent reports. Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano claimed Bellingham will undergo a medical in the near future after a £3m deal was agreed:
Although Romano claims the deal is £3m and other reports have claimed as low as £300,000, both of which could be seen as a steal for a player who is a regular in Championship squads at such a young age, Birmingham City site almajir.net believes there was a clause in Jobe’s contract that would allow the 17-year-old to leave for a set fee if he failed to play a set number of minutes. A clause that Sunderland appears to be set to take advantage of.
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