Trai Hume's versatility is a big reason he will "amass a lot of caps" for his national side, according to Northern Ireland boss Michael O'Neill. The 21-year-old has been called up for international duty, and is set to face Denmark away and Kazakhstan at home as part of their EURO 2024 Qualifiers.
FLEXIBLE
“The great thing about Trai is that I’ve seen him in a number of positions for Sunderland. Trai is very flexible; he can play on the left if you need him to play there, he can play on the right."
CENTRE HALF
“He predominantly plays right-back for Sunderland, but I’ve also seen him play towards the end of the season as a centre-back, which was a big ask because he wasn’t playing with a dominant centre-back either, he was the most dominant one with Luke O’Nien as both Danny Batth and Daniel [Ballard] were both injured."
THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT FOR DEFENSIVE PAIR
“I think Conor (Bradley has maybe more in his locker than just us seeing him as a right-back. The decision for me in the previous two games was that we played with a back three and I had seen Conor play consistently as a right wing-back for Bolton. Trai had played as a right-back or a left-sided centre-back in a three, but I see two very young players who I’d be very surprised if they don’t amass a lot of caps for Northern Ireland."
