Sunderland are in talks to signal Ajax striker Brian Brobbey and have agreed an preliminary mortgage deal for RB Leipzig defender Lutsharel Geertruida.
The newly promoted Premier League facet wish to signal a ahead after Chelsea opted to recall loanee Marc Guiu as cowl for Liam Delap, who has sustained a hamstring harm.
Brobbey, 23, might transfer to the Stadium of Mild for a reported £21.6m.
The striker has eight caps for the Netherlands and has scored 56 objectives with 24 assists in 163 matches for Ajax in all competitions.
In the meantime, Sunderland have agreed an preliminary mortgage with an choice to purchase for his Dutch compatriot Geertruida, topic to the 25-year-old finishing a medical on Monday.
Geertruida who’s primarily a right-back, performed 35 matches for Leipzig final season however is being allowed to depart the German membership only a 12 months after becoming a member of from Feyenoord.
He’s anticipated to change into Sunderland’s thirteenth signing of the summer time, including to new defenders like Nordi Mukiele, Omar Alderete, Reinildo Mandava and Arthur Masuaku in supervisor Regis Le Bris’ squad.
Sunderland have already spent £141.5m within the switch window, which is simply wanting Nottingham Forest’s £142m in the summertime of 2022, a British report for a promoted membership.
They’ve additionally signed midfielder Habib Diarra for a membership report £30m from Strasbourg, winger Simon Adingra from Brighton for £20.5m and midfielder Granit Xhaka from Bayer Leverkusen for £17.3m.
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