{"id":525592,"date":"2023-08-30T08:42:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T07:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/?p=525592"},"modified":"2023-08-30T08:42:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T07:42:10","slug":"sources-southampton-ready-ross-stewart-bid-after-sunderland-u-turn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-southampton-ready-ross-stewart-bid-after-sunderland-u-turn\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources: Southampton ready Ross Stewart bid after Sunderland U-turn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Southampton are back in talks to sign Sunderland striker Ross Stewart and are expected to bid for him before Friday night&#8217;s deadline,\u00a0<strong>sources have told Football Insider.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunderland won\u2019t sanction the departure of the 27-year-old until they bring in a replacement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the north-east club are increasingly likely to sell Stewart this week as he won\u2019t sign new deal at the Stadium of Light and is in the final year of his contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\ud83d\udea8 BREAKTHROUGH! Everton close on HUGE double signing, Adams update, big Gnonto update\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2gZ8PLzAS0M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Southampton are back in touch with the player&#8217;s camp and are looking to secure a late-window deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stewart has been attracting interest from multiple clubs this summer including Premier League newcomers Luton Town as well as a host of Championship sides. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month (31 July), <strong>Football Insider<\/strong> revealed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/ross-stewart-southampton-pull-plug-on-sunderland-star-deal-sources\/\">the Saints had cooled their interest in the striker and were set to pursue alternative targets.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Championship club are in the market for a prolific striker this summer with Che Adams potentially moving on from St Mary&#8217;s in the final days of the window. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday (29 August), <strong>Football Insider<\/strong> revealed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-crystal-palace-battle-everton-to-sign-che-adams\/\">Crystal Palace are preparing to battle Everton to sign Adams after losing Wilfried Zaha to Galatasaray earlier this summer following the expiration of his contract<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2022\/12\/rsz_1ross_stewart-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-481956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2022\/12\/rsz_1ross_stewart-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2022\/12\/rsz_1ross_stewart-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2022\/12\/rsz_1ross_stewart-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2022\/12\/rsz_1ross_stewart-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2022\/12\/rsz_1ross_stewart-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2022\/12\/rsz_1ross_stewart.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Stewart has been out of action since suffering an Achilles injury in January during Sunderland&#8217;s FA Cup match against Fulham. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As quoted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenorthernecho.co.uk\/sport\/23745802.sunderland-ross-stewart-return-sight-serious-injury\/\">The Northern Echo<\/a> (25 August), boss Tony Mowbray revealed that the attacker could feature in an in-house friendly game during the international break although it is still too soon to give a definitive return date for the forward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other news, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-southampton-beat-leeds-to-mason-holgate-deal-after-72000-a-week-everton-reveal\/\">Southampton beat Leeds to deal after \u00a372,000-a-week Everton reveal<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southampton are back in talks to sign Sunderland striker Ross Stewart and are expected to bid for him before Friday night&#8217;s deadline,\u00a0sources have told Football Insider. Sunderland won\u2019t sanction the departure of the 27-year-old until they bring in a replacement. But the north-east club are increasingly likely to sell Stewart this week as he won\u2019t <em>&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":525595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverart":"\"\"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","_grv_disable_ads":false,"grv_featured_categories":""},"categories":[7,4,1191,1540],"tags":[127,23],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525592"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525592"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":525596,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525592\/revisions\/525596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/525595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}