Sunderland set to make new offer for Bologna’s Jhon Lucumi | OneFootball

Serie A side Bologna are fighting to keep Jhon Lucumi at the club and Sunderland’s attempts are getting stronger to land the Colombian.

Some days ago, the newly promoted Premier League side made an offer for the defender. Tuttomercatoweb report that the money on offer didn’t impress Bologna, who rejected the approach from the Black Cats.

But Sunderland haven’t given up and are prepared to now offer over €28 million in their second formal bid. This is more than Lucumi’s release clause, which expired in the middle of July and this is giving Bologna greater control over the player’s situation.

As of now, they consider Lucumi to be unsellable as they’ve already sold Sam Beukema to Napoli. However, there’s also a very complicated contract renewal in the background for the defender, and an offer better than previous attempts could even push Bologna to change their minds.

Kaustubh Pandey I GIFN