Chris Rigg’s Sunderland future becomes clearer after
The future of Sunderland gem Chris Rigg has become clearer, after the 16-year-old made his first league start for the club this week.
Sunderland are a team brimming with talented younger players. Though the youngest of them all may be the most exciting of them all.
16year-old Rigg featured towards the end of last season, scored his first goal for the club this season, and made his full league debut for the Black Cats against Leicester City this week.
And despite playing top opposition, Rigg earned rave reviews.
He showed no fear in the face of some quality Championship players, and was arguably one of Sunderland’s better players on the night; if not their best player.
Chris Rigg ready to commit future to Sunderland
Rigg’s future at the Stadium of Light has been a real talking point over the last few months.
He’s had interest from Newcastle United, as well as the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, and Bayern Munich
But earlier in the year is was widely reported that Rigg and Sunderland have an agreement in place, wherein Rigg would sign professional terms with the club when he turns 17 in June.
Clubs could still swoop in for scholar Rigg before then, but Sunderland Echo now say that the Hebburn-born midfielder would prefer to stay on Wearside.
“Rigg’s camp has taken the view that it is better to play first-team football rather than moving from the North East only to play under-21s football and potentially stagnate. Rigg was handed his first senior start for the club against Leicester City in the Championship on Tuesday evening at the Stadium of Light.”
Sunderland is a good place for youngsters to play football
Interim boss Mike Dodds has said that he believes Sunderland is a great place for younger players to play, and it certainly is.
Like with Rigg and so many others, it’s proving to be a club that puts a lot of faith in younger players, often reaping rewards for that faith too.
Then there’s names like Dan Neil and Anthony Patterson who’ve shown that there’s a clear route from the youth teams to the first-team, and the likes of Jack Clarke who ultimately failed upon his first big Premier League move to Spurs, but has been born again at Sunderland.
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