Unlike a lot of clubs in the English Football League, Sunderland have a clear and defined vision. Whether it’s the vision of the often-branded ‘model’, which not all Sunderland fans like to hear, it’s widely agreed that the club does have a clear plan in place. That plan focusses around youth; development, promotion, and recruitment, and in the last couple of years we’ve seen huge benefits of the plan. Sunderland under owner Kyril Louis-Dreyfus and sporting director Kristjaan Speakman have recruited and promoted a number of youngsters who’ve since gone on to become very valuable assets. Over t…