Sunderland’s terrific begin to the season continued on Wednesday night time as they beat Luton City 2-1 at Kenilworth Street to maintain themselves prime of the Championship. The Hatters took the lead on the night time via Elijah Adebayo, however two quickfire second-half targets from Chris Rigg and Romaine Mundle secured all three factors for Regis Le Bris’ facet.
“I’m happy with the staff spirit and the spirit of the followers as a result of tonight we would have liked everybody as a result of it was a giant battle,” mentioned Le Bris after the sport.
One man the French coach was significantly impressed with was defender Chris Mepham. The 26-year-old, who’s on-loan on the Stadium of Gentle from Premier League facet Bournemouth, put in one other sturdy show on the coronary heart of the Black Cats’ protection, which did not go unnoticed by his boss.
“Chris was prepared for this battle, I believe,” Le Bris mentioned. “He wasn’t alone, we would have liked everybody and it is a query of character, aggressiveness.”
Jewison Bennette not feeling the love from Le Bris
Whereas issues could be going effectively for Mepham and loads of different Sunderland stars, it isn’t going fairly so effectively for Jewison Bennette. The Costa Rica worldwide, 20, joined Sunderland from Herediano in 2022, however has since struggled to make an influence on the Stadium of Gentle. This time period, he is performed simply 9 minutes of first-team soccer, and has in any other case been restricted to enjoying for Sunderland’s U-21s within the Premier League 2.
Amid his lack of recreation time, media in Bennette’s residence nation at the moment are claiming his transfer to Sunderland has resulted in him being “fully forgotten” by his nationwide staff.
Bennette, who was in Costa Rica’s squad for the 2022 World Cup, hasn’t featured for the Tricolor since November of final 12 months, when he performed in opposition to Panama within the quarter-finals of the Concacaf Nations League. Media there declare that the probability of Bennette now being known as again up is now slim, with the winger having gone from “fleeting development to stagnating” on the Stadium of Gentle.
Bennette’s Sunderland profession thus far
Bennette’s Sunderland profession received off to an excellent begin, scoring in simply his second look for the membership in opposition to Watford. However quickly, he discovered himself additional and farther from first-team motion, and in January 2024 was loaned to Greek Tremendous League facet Aris Thessaloniki for the rest of the season.
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His time in Greece rapidly was a nightmare, nevertheless. After making simply two appearances for Aris, he was dropped. Based on Bennette himself, he was dropped after complaining in regards to the Greek membership breaching his contract.
“Once I arrived at Aris I began two video games and after that they needed to pay my wage, my home and my automotive. I complained to Sunderland they usually have been upset about that, in order that they began to depart me out and left me off the checklist,” the winger informed Teletica in Could.
He added of Aris: “I needed to take out my financial savings to pay for my bills, home and automotive there, they’re irresponsible.”
