Luís Semedo

Semedo offers a physical profile suited to the demands of English football, strong in the air and difficult to muscle off the ball even against senior defenders. That presence came through development inside one of Portugal's most respected academies, where he learned to compete physically before he had fully grown into the rest of his game. A loan spell in a demanding Italian third tier added further experience against senior professionals rather than only academy football.

He remains unproven at the very top level, having featured mostly as a substitute during his limited senior involvement so far. That gap between physical promise and consistent output is the normal story for a striker this early in his career rather than any cause for concern. Watch whether regular football, wherever Sunderland decide to send him for it, turns that physical potential into the finishing his profile suggests he should have.