Sunderland forward Benjamin Mbunga-Kimpioka is very talented.
Mbunga-Kimpioka is only 18 years of age and has had his playing time for the Sunderland first team limited so far.
Ross told The Chronicle about Mbunga-Kimpioka: “We’ll assess Luke in the next couple of weeks and Kimpioka falls into that category too.
“He’s younger, but I do feel getting games at his age is important for him. But I’m reluctant to do it too early we may still need to use him more in the first team.
“The model is to try and give much more game-time to these players than they’ve maybe had before.”
Loan move away
Sunderland are aiming to finish in the top two of League One this season, and Mbunga-Kimpioka is unlikely to get much playing time at the Black Cats in the second half of the campaign.
It will make sense for the Black Cats to send the Swedish forward out on loan in January.
However, staying at Sunderland, training with the first-team players and working under manager Ross will not be a bad idea either.
Promotion challenge
Sunderland are third in the League One table at the moment with 50 points from 24 matches.
The Black Cats are seven points behind leaders Portsmouth, who have played 26 games.
Sunderland will return to action on Saturday afternoon when they take on Charlton Athletic away from home in League One on Saturday afternoon.
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