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title: "Black Cats on the hunt for Haller"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Chris Sparks"
section: "Articles"
published: "2015-08-18T14:15:26Z"
modified: "2015-08-18T14:15:26Z"
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# Black Cats on the hunt for Haller

According to [reports today from L’Equipe](https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Sebastien-haller-utrecht-interesse-sunderland/582776), Sunderland are after Utrecht striker Sebastien Haller. The French under-21 international has been in prolific form since joining Utrecht in January, scoring 14 goals in just 19 appearances.

A fee of around £6-million is believed to be enough to see the tall striker join the Black Cats. Haller, 21, recently signed for Eredivisie outfit FC Utrecht on a permanent deal from Auxerre after an impressive loan spell last season. L’Equipe have also linked Championship side Brentford with the forward, but a move earlier in the summer failed to materialise.

Sunderland manager Dick Advocaat is eager to bolster his forward line after selling Connor Wickham to Crystal Palace this summer for £9-million. With just three strikers to choose from, Advocaat is looking around Europe’s top leagues for the ideal striker at a cut-price deal, with Sunderland under a strict budget this summer. Along with a deal for Haller, Sunderland are on the look out for reinforcements elsewhere, however, they do risk losing out to Inter Milan in the race for Fabio Borini according to [Chris Young of The Sunderland Echo](https://www.sunderlandecho.com/sport/sunderland-afc/latest-safc-news/safc-match-analysis/inter-milan-enter-race-for-sunderland-target-and-liverpool-striker-fabio-borini-1-7414386).