Astute Transfer Policy

Cowley does like a decent budget, he won League Two with a top-five budget and allegedly left Lincoln after disagreements over the future direction of the club. Even with the current crisis, he would have a top-five budget at the SoL. He can pick a player though – he took Harry Toffolo from the scrapheap after Millwall had turned him away, and turned him into one of the best left-backs in the Championship, taking him to Huddersfield. He rejuvenated Theo Robinson’s career after taking him from the free-agent list and in Sean Raggett he found a central defender able to jump from the National League with Lincoln to Championship Norwich City. He understands players and their requirements, certainly players from the Home Nations, and he would likely turn Sunderland into a squad of names the fans could identify with. Indeed, he is thought to have left Huddersfield after voicing an opinion that he wanted to build a squad of British players fans could relate to.

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