{"id":251437,"date":"2025-11-08T15:02:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T15:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/251437\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T15:02:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T15:02:15","slug":"worth-every-penny-player-proving-worth-after-sunderland-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/251437\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Worth every penny\u2019 &#8211; Player proving worth after Sunderland talk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunderland made an attempt to sign Bologna\u2019s Jhon Lucumi in the summer window.<\/p>\n<p>Despite an agreement over personal terms, the Black Cats couldn\u2019t agree terms with the Rossoblu. They missed the deadline to use his release clause and Bologna stuck to their guns.<\/p>\n<p>The defender\u2019s contract runs out in the summer of 2027. Bologna have tried to hand him a new deal but have, so far, failed in their attempts.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, Lucumi has again become an important part of Vincenzo Italiano\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1000cuorirossoblu.it\/bologna\/riecco-il-vero-lucumi-bologna-ora-spingi-sul-rinnovo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1000CuoriRossoblu<\/a> note that he is now \u2018worth every penny\u2019 after the failed move to Sunderland.<\/p>\n<p>The Colombian impressed against Brann in the Europa League on Thursday. The outlet believe he showed his ability to read the game, helping Bologna to a 0-0 draw.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet also back the Rossoblu to make another attempt to secure him to a new contract. They describe Lucumi\u2019s situation as \u2018dangerous\u2019 and \u2018precarious\u2019. This is because Bologna can lose a lot of money if no renewal takes place.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sportwitness.co.uk\/sunderland-could-move-for-signing-in-january-black-cats-efforts-not-good-sign-for-club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Quotidiano Sportivo<\/a> claimed back in October that Sunderland remain interested in a January move.<\/p>\n<p>If the South American renews, Sunderland will find it difficult to land the defender.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sunderland made an attempt to sign Bologna\u2019s Jhon Lucumi in the summer window. Despite an agreement over personal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-251437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}