---
title: "Sunderland: Portsmouth eyeing Lynden Gooch"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/sunderland-transfer-news-portsmouth-eye-lynden-gooch/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "David Comerford"
section: "League One News"
published: "2022-05-14T16:05:09Z"
modified: "2022-05-14T16:05:09Z"
---

# Sunderland: Portsmouth eyeing Lynden Gooch

**Sunderland’s Lynden Gooch is reportedly attracting interest from Portsmouth ahead of the expiry of his contract.**

### The lowdown

Gooch has been with Sunderland since 2012, having j[oined from the Santa Cruz Breakers Academy in his native United States](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/lynden-gooch/profil/spieler/307781).

He [penned a contract extension](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/lynden-gooch/profil/spieler/307781) in December 2018, but that deal only runs [until the end of the current season](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/lynden-gooch/profil/spieler/307781).

Gooch, who’s valued at £540,000 by [Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/lynden-gooch/leistungsdaten/spieler/307781), has made 211 appearances for the Black Cats overall, scoring 23 goals and providing 35 assists in that time.

\[freshpress-quiz id=”350925″\]

### The latest

BBC Sport reporter Andrew Moon [tweeted the news about Gooch on Thursday evening](https://twitter.com/mrandrewmoon/status/1524795825326538753).

“I’m told that out of contract SAFC winger Lynden Gooch is a player that would interest Pompey should he become available,” he wrote.

It remains to be seen whether Sunderland agree fresh terms with the American, or allow him to seal a free transfer to Fratton Park.

\[freshpress-poll id=”391331″\]

### The verdict

Sunderland will hope that this story doesn’t serve as a distraction for Gooch ahead of next Saturday’s League One play-off final against Wycombe Wanderers.

The 26-year-old looks almost certain to start at Wembley, having played every minute of the two-legged semifinal against Sheffield Wednesday and [started ten of the last 13 in the regular season](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/lynden-gooch/leistungsdaten/spieler/307781).

Gooch, who has [four caps for his country](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/lynden-gooch/leistungsdaten/spieler/307781), is a useful asset for any manager given his [capacity to play in multiple positions](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/lynden-gooch/leistungsdaten/spieler/307781). This season, alone he’s operated in both full-back positions and wing roles.

His former manager Lee Johnson [described him as](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/lynden-gooch-showed-the-best-20541861) a ‘bustler’ and a ‘pocket dynamo’, marvelling at his energetic presence.

The arguments for extending his stay, then, are pretty compelling.

**In other news, [an insider has dropped another key transfer update](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/sunderland-afc-news/sunderland-insider-drops-jack-clarke-transfer-update/).**