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REGIS LE BRIS is hoping Trey Ogunsuyi and Ahmed Abdullahi could feature in Sunderland’s first-team attacking ranks before the end of the season.
Ogunsuyi has stepped up from the Under-21 ranks to join the Black Cats’ senior training group on a regular basis this season, and made his senior debut as a substitute in last month’s FA Cup defeat to Stoke City.
The 18-year-old, who was an unused substitute in Monday’s Tees-Wear derby win over Middlesbrough, has been attracting the interest of Liverpool in recent months, with Le Bris hoping his level of senior involvement with increase in the next three months.
“He (Ogunsuyi) trains regularly with the senior team now,” said Le Bris. “He is getting much better confidence now. After that, for a young player, it is still a question of opportunity.
“Before he goes in, we don’t know. Then, when he goes on the pitch, maybe we say, ‘He is ready’. That is what happened with Tommy (Watson) before.
Sunderland could have sent Ogunsuyi out on loan last month, but with the teenager still finding his feet in the senior environment at the Academy of Light, Le Bris preferred to keep him on Wearside.
“We decided to keep him here,” he explained. “At the stage of his career he is at, he is still getting a lot of benefits from training with us. If you are training with the first team for six months or a year, and you do not get the chance to play, maybe a year-and-a-half, then perhaps it is the right time to leave on loan. But, for him, that is not the case.”
Abdullahi joined Sunderland from Gent in the summer, but spent the early months of his Black Cats career recovering from a groin injury.
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