Sunderland Handed Boost In Managerial Pursuit For Coach With 42% Win Rate.
Sunderland are currently in the market for a new head coach and there has been some movement with regard to one key candidate, according to the latest reports.
The Black Cats earned a hard-fought goalless draw at Elland Road on Tuesday night, further hindering Leeds United‘s hopes of achieving automatic promotion. The Wearside club have now taken four points off the Whites under interim boss Mike Dodds across his two spells in charge this season.
It’s not been the campaign that Sunderland would have wanted after reaching the play-off semi-finals last term. Currently, Dodds’ men are inside the bottom half of the table, closer to the relegation zone than the top six.
Nevertheless, the silver lining is that the board will look to appoint a new permanent manager in the summer to succeed Michael Beale in the dugout with the hopes of challenging for promotion back to the Premier League next season.
One name who has been linked with the job is Reims boss Will Still. The English-speaking Belgian was touted with taking over from Tony Mowbray when the latter was relieved of his duties back in December. It was even reported that the club’s owner Kyril Louis-Dreyfus held ‘positive talks’ with Still.
The 31-year-old has done an impressive job in France’s top-flight with Reims and currently boasts a 42% win rate across his 62 competitive matches in charge, even picking up two draws against Paris Saint-Germain last season when Lionel Messi and Neymar were still at the club.
