Jack Diamond has explained how Alex Neil's summer departure from Sunderland almost scuppered his loan move to League One Lincoln City. The Black Cats' homegrown wideman was already in the process of joining the Imps on a season-long deal in August when Neil opted to leave Wearside to take over at Stoke City, and that left Diamond in limbo with no new head coach in place to sanction the move.
But ultimately Diamond was allowed to finalise his switch to Sincil Bank, with Tony Mowbray succeeding Neil the following day. "It was a funny one," Diamond told Sky Sports.
"We were waiting to see if the deal would go through and it was taking a couple of days, then we got the news he [Neil] was leaving. I didn't know who to speak to!
