One Sunderland ace has been hailed as the best in his league following an incredible 2024/25 season.
At the start of the 2024/25 season, Kristjaan Speakman sent several players out on loan that weren’t in Sunderland boss Regis Le Bris’ short-term plans.
Currently, with Adil Aouchiche being the most recent to be added to the list of loans, Sunderland have many currently plying their trade elsewhere, with there being mixed success amongst the players.
For example, both Pierre Ekwah and Timothee Pembele were sent out for a loan in Ligue 1, with only the former showing any improvement from the 2023/24 season.
Despite the differing success amongst Sunderland’s loanees, there is one that has undoubtedly proved to be one of the Black Cats’ biggest prospects, taking the Scottish Premiership by storm at just 21-years-old, and that is Nectarios Triantis.
Hibs fans plead for Sunderland loanee Nectarios Triantis to stay after recent performance
Defensive-midfielder Triantis has been crucial to Hibs’ success, starting 21 games and guiding the side to nine unbeaten recently with his goal on Saturday against Aberdeen in a 2-0 home victory.
Hibs fans have more than taken a shine to the Australian, as many took to X to show how much they value him, with one suggesting that ‘he’s strolled the Scottish league head and shoulders above anyone at Hibs at the moment’. Another fan went one step further to suggest that he ‘genuinely could be the best player in the league’.
The Sunderland loanee has made such an impression that several Hibs fans were pleading for their club to strike a permanent deal for the youngster, with one telling their club to ‘get him on a permanent. Boy’s unbelievable man’, and he was followed up by two more, who said: “Give him whatever he wants, he simply has to sign”, and ‘Sign him permanently I beg’.
Regis Le Bris must develop plan for Nectarios Triantis ahead of 2025/26 season
21-year-old Australian midfielder Triantis has developed incredibly during his stint with Hibernian in the Scottish Premiership after notching an incredible six goal contributions in his last eight league matches.
As a result, it is safe to suggest that Triantis will return from his loan spell with Hibs as a completely transformed player, having more-than held his own in a top league.
Because of this, Sunderland boss Le Bris must have a plan of action ready for the Australian, who will certainly be first-team ready on his return. Triantis will be crucial in adding squad depth to the defensive-midfield region, and it must be made clear to him that his spell away from the club has moulded him into a player ready for Le Bris’ side.