Jack Ross will be making a huge mistake if he pursues Celtic defender Jack Hendry, with reports in The Mirror linking the Black Cats to the 23-year-old.

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Hendry returned to the Hoops for £1.5million on deadline day of the last transfer window, but has failed to nail down a place in Brendan Rodgers’ side since.

The Bhoys are now said to be open to the central defender leaving on loan, with The Mirror linking Sunderland and Portsmouth to the Celtic product, who left the Scottish Premiership side for Peterborough in 2011.

The 3-cap Scotland international last featured for Rodgers in his side’s 3-0 win over Hearts on October 28, however, coming on as a late second-half substitute for Kristoffer Ajer.

One of the causes for the player’s departure, albeit on loan, after just a year comes with Celtic’s head of player recruitment Lee Congerton being touted as a target for Anderlecht, which is claimed to be a signal for fringe players moving on in a mass exodus.

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Ross would be making a mistake

Given the stature of Sunderland and the demands placed on the players as they look to clinch promotion back into the Championship at the first time of asking, Ross would be making a huge error by agreeing to take Hendry on loan.

The defender has not featured for Rodgers since late October because he has been pushed so far down the pecking order at Celtic Park, with 28-year-old Dedryck Boyata regularly chosen over Hendry despite declining a new deal at the club and being a target for Premier League sides.

When he has played for the Hoops, Hendry has struggled massively and looked completely out of his depth at times, and that is not the calibre of player that Ross needs at the Stadium of Light.

The Black Cats need to be tempting more proven talent to join their League One quest, not players who will upset the rhythm currently being built, recording three wins in their last five games.

Sunderland have also only conceded more than two goals a game twice since the start of December, a run that involved nine games and facing off against league leaders Portsmouth – the only side to have put more points on the board after 26 games, having played two more fixtures.

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