Sunderland AFC News: Transfer latest As Cats Chase Deal To land Another Player Plus Team News Ahead Of Rotherham fixture

Sunderland AFC news: Transfer latest as Cats chase deal to land another player plus team news ahead of Rotherham fixture

 

Sunderland AFC news: Transfer latest as Cats chase deal to land another player plus team news ahead of Rotherham fixture

Sunderland AFC news: Transfer latest as Cats chase deal to land another player plus team news ahead of Rotherham fixture
Tony Mowbray’s pre-match press conference ahead of Sunderland’s Championship fixture against Rotherham United.
Sunderland are preparing to face Rotherham United in the Championship – with Black Cats boss Tony Mowbray set to hold his pre-match press conference today.

The Black Cats will be looking to bounce back following back-to-back league defeats against Ipswich and Preston, with both games finishing 2-1.

Sunderland are still looking to strengthen before the end of this summer’s transfer window, particularly up front, while there could also be departures on Wearside in the coming weeks.

We’ll have live updates from the Academy of Light as Mowbray spoke to the media:

Potential departures
Mowbray has also admitted players could leave Sunderland before the end of the window, with senior players Danny Batth, Alex Pritchard and Lynden Gooch attracting interest.

 

All three have just a year left on their Black Cats contracts and haven’t been named in the starting XI for the side’s first two league games.

 

“Listen, the question is a difficult one for me to answer,” said Mowbray when asked about the trio last week.

 

“I’ve been in football a long time and I understand how squads need a balance of experienced players – and I do think it’s different for all of them, really.

 

“Some of it might be about how much of your budget you’re going to commit to someone who might not be playing [regularly]. And some of it, players have outlays – cars, mortgages etc and when you get to the last year of your contract you start wanting to negotiate a new one. If you then hit an impasse… it seems like that to me.

 

“As you’ve suggested to me there, I’m only really interested in what happens on the grass,” he added.

 

“So when we’re playing Luton away, I would prefer Danny Batth right in the middle there, heading the ball out of the box. But if you get to an impasse where there isn’t a new contract offer that’s suitable, and we’re seeing what else out there… but as I’ve said if there’s no sale when the window shuts then they’re here and part of it, and I’m sure you can ask me a different question then about their availability. At this moment, I’m just respectful of the players. I like them all and they did exceptionally well for the club last year in different roles.”