DICK ADVOCAAT has told his players that Sunderland’s position at the foot of the Premier League will not improve unless they can eradicate the sort of mistakes that have put them there.
Yet reports claim the Reds are more confident of getting rid of Brendan Rodgers’ first signing upon taking over on Merseyside this time around, with the delay thought to be a result of the player weighing up options.
He likened the experienced striker’s last year or so to an unused vehicle – insisting that it would be similar to bringing a “brand new auto out of the garage” and just putting “a bit of petrol in him and letting him run”.