PLAYER PROFILE
DENNIS CIRKIN SUNDERLAND LEFT-BACK
By Chris Dunlavy

INFLUENTIAL: Dennis Cirkin makes a big difference for Sunderland
PICTURE: Alamy

SUNDERLAND’S unexpected rise to the summit of the Championship has been powered predominantly by their potency in attack.
Wilson Isidor, Jobe Bellingham and homegrown starlet Chris Rigg have all snaffled the headlines in recent weeks, yet it is the relentless energy of left-back Dennis Cirkin that has stolen the hearts of supporters.
Born in Dublin to parents from Latvia, the 22-year-old was raised in London and came through t...