Kristjaan Speakman has a lot on his plate at Sunderland, and a lot of fences to fix this summer. Speakman in particular is a man under the spotlight at Sunderland. The club’s sporting director has become a source of criticism among fans, after Sunderland’s season has petered out into a rather forgeable one. Whilst Kyril Louis-Dreyfus and the board will come under scrutiny for the managerial calls, Speakman’s transfer acumen has left Mike Dodds with a very misbalanced first-team squad, desperately lacking in experience and strikers. The summer ahead is a crucial one for Sunderland and Speakman….
