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An exciting Sunderland youth player is now attracting interest from a top flight team. Sunderland are making name for themselves as a club who promotes, develops, and recruits young footballers. The club’s Academy of Light has produced some top players in recent years, including the likes of Dan Neil, Anthony Patterson, and Chris Rigg, who are all established first-team players at the club now. Sporting director Kristjaan Speakman also places a lot of focus on bringing in young players from fellow youth academies or first-teams, creating a definite competition among youngsters at the club, wit…