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title: "Sunderland: Love Island star interesting Phil Parkinson"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Ben Crump"
section: "League One News"
published: "2020-06-30T12:40:19Z"
modified: "2020-06-30T12:40:19Z"
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# Sunderland: Love Island star interesting Phil Parkinson

**Sunderland have [joined](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/11986089/charlton-love-island-dennon-lewis/) Charlton in the race to sign former Love Island star Dennon Lewis, who has been impressing at non-league side Wealdstone.**

Black Cats boss Phil Parkinson will approach the summer transfer window in desperate need to rebuild his side after failing to gain a promotion place in League One this season.

[Finishing eighth in the league table](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/league-one/table), the Wearside club will spend a third successive season in England’s third-tier and the pressure will be on Parkinson to deliver in the 2020/2021 season.

[With a whole host of first team regulars set to leave the Stadium of Light](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/afc-sunderland/vertragsende/verein/289), it is expected that Parkinson will welcome a variety of new faces to the club.

![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/THE-BREAKDOWN.png)

[The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/11986089/charlton-love-island-dennon-lewis/) report that Parkinson has now joined a whole host of clubs with interest in Lewis, who shot to fame after appearing on the 2019 summer edition of Love Island, [where he was dumped after just four days.](https://loveisland.fandom.com/wiki/Dennon_Lewishttps://loveisland.fandom.com/wiki/Dennon_Lewis)

Sunderland join the likes of Huddersfield, Oxford United, Leyton Orient and favourites to sign the forward, Charlton Athletic, who are thought to have already agreed a £50,000 fee.

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Lewis netted an impressive [14 goals and provided 11 assists](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/11986089/charlton-love-island-dennon-lewis/) during the 2019/2020 season which ultimately helped Wealdstone clinch the National League South title.

The 23-year-old initially began his footballing career with Premier League side Watford before having [spells](https://www.transfermarkt.com/dennon-lewis/leistungsdaten/spieler/451304) with Woking, Crawley Town, Falkirk and Bromley.

![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Verdict.png)

Lewis has impressed in the National League, 25 goal involvements at any level is not easy and the interest in him being shown is a credit to his form. Sunderland would not be a bad place for him to take the next step in his career but it does seem like Charlton are favourites to complete a move.

With the fee to get him looking to be a mere £50k though, he is certainly worth a punt if the Black Cats can convince him to move to the North East.

***Do you think Lewis would be a good signing for Sunderland this summer? Let us know in the comments section below…***