Championship strugglers Sunderland will try to sell Didier Ndong again – but his dreadful loan spell at Premier League Watford will make that difficult.
Sunderland barely have two pennies to rub together right now so the prospect of a hefty windfall from the potential sale of Didier Ndong would have given manager Chris Coleman something to be hopeful about.
Sunderland were desperate to sell Ndong in January to raise funds for new additions but the best deal they managed to secure was a short-term loan at Watford – who have the option to sign the Gabon international permanently for £7 million at the end of the season.
But considering that Ndong has not played a single minute for the Hornets, with manager Javi Gracia preferring Etienne Capoue and Abdoulaye Doucoure, it seems very unlikely that Watford will shell out a fee for their forgotten man.
Which puts Sunderland in a very difficult position.
The Chronicle claims that the former Lorient powerhouse will almost certainly be sold this summer – but Sunderland should expect to accept a huge loss on the £13.6 million they invested in the 23-year-old only two years ago.
After all, why would any team in the Premier League be willing to pay a substantial sum for Ndong when he has not been deemed good enough to feature at all for Watford – and finished bottom of the table with Sunderland the year before?
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