Sunderland striker Wilson Isidor was name-dropped by Norwich City’s manager over the weekend.
The Canaries picked up a 4-2 win against Mark Robins’ Stoke City on Saturday with Josh Sargent on the scoresheet twice, taking his league tally to the season to 11. Sargent has also been recently linked with a transfer move to Championship leaders Leeds United
Sargent has also registered five assists in just 20 Championship appearances during 2024-25 so far. Johannes Hoff Thorup was asked after the Stoke City game whether Sargent was the best striker in the league but instead pointed towards Isidor, who has scored 12 goals with one assist so far this campaign.
Thorup told Pink Un: “It’s so, so difficult to say. We have to have respect for the strikers at the top of the league at the moment, scoring a lot of goals. I saw the Sunderland striker [Wilson Isidor] the other day scoring a goal away against Leeds that is also top quality. There’s many, many good strikers in the league.”
As well as being linked with Sargent, Leeds United are also reportedly tracking Isidor, with several reports stating that the French striker is on the Whites’ shortlist. Sunderland triggered their option to sign Wilson Isidor on a permanent basis in the January transfer window.
Sunderland agreed an initial loan deal with Zenit last summer, and that deal included an agreed fee to make the deal permanent at the end of the campaign. Sunderland would have been obliged to conclude the deal in the event of winning promotion or had the option to do so as a Championship club.
With Isidor in excellent form through the first half of the season and firmly establishing himself as the club’s first-choice striker, the Black Cats instead opted to trigger that option early. It removes the possibility of any clubs attempting to hijack the deal in the summer.
