The English youngster has been linked with Real Madrid and other best clubs in Europe.
Real Madrid, the reigning champion of Europe, apparently showing more involvement in one of the best young prospects in American football.
The Spanish companies have employed a powerful plan of signing promising young people in recent years, with the likes of Argentine forward Endrick and Turkey starlet Arda Guler both now in the first-team club after signing for the team as teens.
Carlo Ancelotti's area have also seen Jude Bellingham enjoy a prosperous second year at the Bernabeu following his €100million move from Borussia Dortmund last summers and could be about to seek another young English skills.
According to HITC, Sunderland's 17-year-old key midfielder Chris Rigg has had both Real Madrid and Dortmund monitoring his progress over the past 12 months, while RB Leipzig and Bayern Munich are even linked.
The document adds that spies see Rigg as ' the best young English player since Jude Bellingham', with Rigg set to be the next big-money Championship withdrawal.
Rigg has been a standard for the Black Cats in their speedy start to the new year, with the team topping the next tier having won all four of their Championship matches so far this season.
The youngster, who scored in an EFL Cup match last August, became Sunderland's youngest-ever goalscorer and is contracted at the Stadium of Light until 2027 after agreeing his first professional deal earlier this summer.
In DataVictory's opinion, Rigg is clearly a very talented player and one that will no doubt have scouts queueing up to see him all season. But talk of a move to a European heavyweight feels premature at this stage, given the fact he only turned 17 in June. Sunderland has been a good club for young players in recent seasons and playing in a familiar environment with his minutes carefully managed is likely to be best for Rigg's development in the short-term.
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