Sunderland’s decision on Liverpool striker Jayden Danns..
JAYDEN DANNS has been spending time with the Sunderland squad despite still being unable to return to training, and was at Elland Road on Monday watching the Black Cats’ Championship defeat to Leeds United.
Danns joined Sunderland on loan from Liverpool on deadline day, but his medical revealed a back problem that meant he immediately returned to his parent club for treatment.
The teenage striker continues to undergo his rehabilitation at Liverpool’s Melwood training ground, but has been making regular trips to Wearside to get to know his new Sunderland team-mates and coaches.
He has had a series of one-to-one chats with head coach Regis Le Bris, and was invited to be part of Sunderland’s official party at Leeds on Monday evening.
At this stage, it remains unclear quite when Danns will be available for competitive action, with Liverpool’s medical staff having to give the green light for the forward to start training with Sunderland’s first-team group.
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However, Le Bris thinks it is important the 19-year-old starts to feel comfortable as a Sunderland player, so that when he recovers full fitness, he will be able to hit the ground running.
“We are trying to build a connection with Jayden and the team,” said the Black Cats boss. “Of course, it is not easy while he is injured, and we don’t know how long (before he returns), so we try to keep the connection and then we will see, maybe in one month he will be available. We have to see.
“I’ve spoken with him, absolutely. He is having his treatment at Liverpool, but we are doing what we can to build that connection for when he is ready.”
While Danns joined Sunderland on deadline-day in January, Jewison Bennette’s proposed loan move to Charlton Athletic fell through.
The Black Cats had hoped to engineer a loan move for the winger to one of the countries with a later transfer deadline than the UK, but their efforts have so far proved unsuccessful. As a result, Le Bris is considering what will be best for the Costa Rica international, who is currently not even playing with Sunderland’s Under-21s team.
“We were expecting Jewison to find a loan, but in the end, it wasn’t possible for him to sign,” said the Sunderland boss. “So now we’ll have to see (what the next steps are).”
