{"id":180512,"date":"2025-06-13T07:31:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T07:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/180512\/"},"modified":"2025-06-13T07:31:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T07:31:16","slug":"ukraine-striker-heads-40m-triple-sunderland-transfer-swoop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/180512\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine striker heads \u00a340m triple Sunderland transfer swoop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Black Cats could be set to reinvest some of the revenue made from Jobe Bellingham and Tommy Watson<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_Vladyslav-Vanat.jpg\" alt=\"Vladyslav Vanat of Dynamo Kiev\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Sunderland have been linked with Vladyslav Vanat of Dynamo Kiev<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">An ambitious triple swoop worth more than \u00a340m has been suggested as <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chroniclelive.co.uk\/all-about\/sunderland-afc\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Sunderland&#8217;s<\/a>\u2019s primary focus ahead of the Premier League season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The Black Cats\u2019 sporting director Kristjaan Speakman and head of scouting Stuart Harvey are reportedly exploring deals for Vladyslav Vanat, Matthis Abline and Lennon Miller.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The Wearsiders are ready to back head coach <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chroniclelive.co.uk\/all-about\/regis-le-bris\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Regis Le Bris <\/a>in the transfer market to bring in high level targets to bolster a squad that has no Premier League experience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The side that celebrated promotion at Wembley will be much-changed and <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chroniclelive.co.uk\/all-about\/jobe-bellingham\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Jobe Bellingham<\/a> and Tommy Watson have already been high-profile departures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">According to reports in Ukraine, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chroniclelive.co.uk\/all-about\/sunderland\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Sunderland<\/a> are now regarded as the \u201cmain favourites\u201d to sign Dynamo Kyiv striker Vladyslav Vanat \u2013 despite competition from Leeds United, Fulham and Everton. Vanat was top scorer in the Ukrainian Premier League with 21 goals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">At 23, he\u2019s a good age and fits the Sunderland profile with the Speakman and his colleagues reportedly considering a bid of close to \u00a317m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Ukrainian outlet Champion claims that Sunderland have moved ahead of their rivals in the race for the forward\u2019s signature \u2013 though it remains unclear whether the club will match Dynamo\u2019s asking price.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Vanat is currently away with Ukraine\u2019s U21s, meaning any formal approach is likely to come after the U21 European Championships.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Reports via SportsBoom suggest Sunderland are \u2018quietly confident\u2019 of winning the race for <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chroniclelive.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/sunderland-rival-celtic-rangers-10m-31835851\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Motherwell midfielder Lennon Miller<\/a> \u2013 despite rival interest from Celtic, Rangers and clubs in Europe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The 18-year-old made his first start for Scotland this week in a 4-0 win over Liechtenstein and is widely regarded as one of the top emerging talents in the UK.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_VV.jpg\" alt=\"Dynamo Kyiv's Vladyslav Vanat\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Vladyslav Vanat<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Sunderland are hoping the lure of Premier League football will be enough to convince Miller, who has previously spoken about his desire to play at the top level.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The third player on the radar is said to be Abline. According to Belgian journalist Sacha Tavolieri, Sunderland are one of several clubs interested in the 22-year-old striker, currently at Ligue 1 side FC Nantes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Burnley and Brentford have reportedly joined the chase, while Marseille and newly promoted Paris FC are also said to be admirers.<\/p>\n<p>Sunderland&#8217;s Premier League collection<\/p>\n<p>This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chroniclelive.co.uk\/affiliates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_Untitled-1jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"Content Image\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>from \u00a38<\/p>\n<p>Fanatics<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"AffiliateContent_content-buy-btn__xWiVO buy-btn\" aria-label=\"Buy button\" href=\"https:\/\/fanatics.93n6tx.net\/POYogz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">Buy Now on Fanatics<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Sunderland are back in the Premier League and have launched a new merch line to celebrate their return to the top flight including t-shirts, hoodies, framed prints and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Black Cats could be set to reinvest some of the revenue made from Jobe Bellingham and Tommy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7654],"tags":[2000,299,8900,74295,657],"class_list":{"0":"post-180512","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ukraine","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-sunderland-afc","11":"tag-sunderland-afc-transfer-news","12":"tag-ukraine"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114674891843293681","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}