The four interesting things we’ve noticed from Sunderland’s return to training as Régis Le Bris gets to work.
Sunderland returned to pre-season training on Monday as Régis Le Bris gets to work
Sunderland players returned for pre-season on Monday, and The Echo was given a sneak peek of their preparations for the new season ahead of Régis Le Bris’ first official press conference.
Here’s what we’ve noticed about how the squad shaping is up for the new season…
The injury picture is very promising for Régis Le Bris
Sunderland’s new head coach is working with a strong group to begin the pre-season programme, with only a couple of injury absentees. Jenson Seelt and Niall Huggins remain sidelined and will be for a number of months as they recover from serious knee injuries, but Le Bris otherwise has a pretty clean bill of health as he starts out on his work.
Dan Neil is in full training after his season came to a premature end to an ankle injury, while Nazariy Rusyn is also back after his calf troubles towards the end of the 2023/24 campaign. Dennis Cirkin is also in full training after his injury-hit season last time out, with Jay Matete and Elliot Embleton also back after injuries brought a premature end to their loan spells at Oxford United and Derby County last season.
