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title: "Sunderland: Leicester City preparing offer for Anthony Patterson"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/anthony-patterson-leicester-latest-transfer-rumours-updates/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Chloe Chadwick"
section: "Championship News"
published: "2023-03-03T07:45:50Z"
modified: "2023-03-03T07:45:50Z"
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# Sunderland: Leicester City preparing offer for Anthony Patterson

**[Sunderland](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/sunderland-afc-news/) goalkeeper Anthony Patterson is set to receive a formal offer from Leicester City this summer, according to reports in the last 48 hours.**

### The Lowdown: Patterson being monitored

The Black Cats shot-stopper has established himself as Tony Mowbray’s number one in the [Championship](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/championship-news/) which has seen him attracting interest from two potential suitors.

[The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21278252/patterson-wolves-leicester-transfer-sunderland/) report that Leicester and Wolves have both made the 22-year-old a major target for the upcoming window, with a fee in the region of £10m potentially enough to cash in.

Now, the Foxes are ready to take their interest one step further if the following update is anything to go by…

### The Latest: Leicester readying official bid

According to [The Northern Echo](https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/23355346.sunderland-leicester-set-make-offer-anthony-patterson/), Leicester are ‘preparing a formal offer’ for Patterson upon the conclusion of the 2022/23 campaign.

Brendan Rodgers is set to ‘support a pursuit’ of the keeper, who is expected to have a ‘queue’ of Premier League clubs battling it out for his signature.

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### The Verdict: Don’t let him go

Patterson has been [labelled](https://twitter.com/buntingfootball/status/1523802188899930112?s=46&t=ZOZD07-EPnaciQjzeq6TRQ) a real ‘talent’ by journalist [Josh Bunting](https://twitter.com/Buntingfootball) and Sunderland need to do everything they possibly can to retain his services beyond the summer.

The North Shields-born star has kept [ten](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/anthony-patterson/leistungsdaten/spieler/475946) clean sheets in 34 league appearances so far this season and ranks in the [93rd](https://fbref.com/en/players/b2470c6f/Anthony-Patterson) percentile for crosses stopped and penalty saves per 90 minutes.

The Black Cats colossus even has an [assist](https://1xbet.whoscored.com/Players/382438/Show/Anthony-Patterson) to his name, highlighting his ability to contribute to his side’s efforts in the final third, so it’s vital that Mowbray tries to keep him at the Stadium of Light.

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