JASON CUMMINGS, the Hibernian striker, is a summer target for Sunderland who would be willing meet his club’s valuation of £2million for one their key assets.
David Moyes, the struggling English outfit's manager, personally scouted the 21-year-old at a recent match at Tannadice which saw the Championship’s player of the month for February score a superb goal in the 1-0 win over Dundee United and then later receive a red card for deliberate handball.
Moyes is a fan of the Scotland under-21 player and rates him good enough to play in English football’s second tier which, barring a miracle, is where the Premier League’s bottom club Sunderland will be next season.
A complication could be whether Moyes remains on Wearside as his team’s supporters have lost confidence that the Scot is the man to revive the fortunes of a club who have spent the past five years in a relegation battle.
However, the signs are that Moyes is prepared to stay and rebuild one of the English game's many sleeping giants.
American businessman Ellis Short, the owner of Sunderland, is keen to sell the club and this means Moyes has been given little transfer money to play with, a situation which is hardly going to get better if as expected the do go down in May.
Sunderland, despite their lowly league position in recent years, have been one of the Premier League’s highest spenders in terms of wages and transfers but those days are over and therefore Cummings is the right age and has an acceptable price tag.
Neil Lennon, the Hibs manager, has continually said that the Easter Road club do not have not sell anyone, especially if they do win promotion back to the Premiership next season.
But the player himself may fancy having a crack at the English Championship where so many current Scotland players ply their trade, as international recognition is something he craves.
“I’ve done my time in the U-21s squad as well and have a lot of experience going away with Scotland U-21s,” said Cummings last week. “I would say that I am ready to move up but obviously it’s not up to me.”
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