Sunderland transfer news: Black Cats 'ready to receive' several bids for Stadium of Light hero this summer

Sunderland goalkeeper Anthony Patterson is reportedly acceptable to permanently depart the Stadium of Light this summer.

The 25-year-old is presently spending the second fractional of the 2025-26 campaign connected indebtedness astatine Millwall, who are embroiled successful a combat to unafraid automatic promotion to the Premier League implicit the adjacent week.

The Lions' penultimate crippled of the regular season arrives contiguous (April 24) astatine the King Power Stadium, wherever League One-bound Leicester City volition beryllium the hosts conscionable 3 days aft their unthinkable relegation was confirmed.

With six points near to conflict for, Alex Neil's broadside are sitting successful 3rd spot successful the Championship standings, level connected points with second-placed Ipswich Town, who person crucially played a crippled less than their promotion rivals.

On paper, Patterson and Millwall person a brace of favourable fixtures to reason the 46-game regular term, travelling to Leicester this evening earlier welcoming Oxford United to The Den connected May 2.

Sunderland preparing for Patterson bids?

According to ChronicleLive, Sunderland are preparing for wide involvement successful the services of goalkeeper Patterson during the summertime transportation window, erstwhile the shot-stopper is expected to permission the club.

The study claims that existent indebtedness nine Millwall is keen connected bringing the 25-year-old backmost for the 2026-27 term, however, that woody could greatly beryllium connected whether the Londoners unafraid promotion to the Premier League.

Already assured of a spot among England's elite adjacent term, Coventry City are supposedly eyeing up a determination for Patterson, with the aboriginal of Brighton & Hove Albion loanee Carl Rushworth uncertain.

Further down the second-tier pecking order, Hull City and West Bromwich Albion are besides admirers of the Sunderland keeper, with the Baggies acceptable to beryllium deed by a points deduction earlier the extremity of the term.

Patterson is nary longer portion of the first-team plans astatine the Stadium of Light, with Sunderland said to beryllium aiming to pouch astatine slightest £8m from the merchantability of the 25-year-old during the summertime trading point.

Patterson's Sunderland slide

During the 2024-25 campaign, Patterson started 45 Championship matches - including each 3 playoff games -  arsenic Sunderland ended their eight-year lack from Premier League shot successful sensational style.

However, the summertime signing of Robin Roefs from NEC Nijmegen pushed the 25-year-old retired of the first-choice relation successful betwixt the sticks for the Black Cats, with the Dutchman performing amazingly this season.

Patterson sat connected the seat 23 times successful the Premier League earlier a wintertime power to Millwall, with the English shot-stopper seeking regular minutes into adjacent play and beyond - thing that Sunderland cannot offer.