Jordan Willis has left Sunderland and has an offer to train with League One strugglers Forest Green Rovers. The centre-back suffered a serious knee tendon injury playing for Sunderland at Shrewsbury Town in a League One fixture in February 2021, and later suffered a recurrence of the problem during surgery.
His contract with the Black Cats ran out last summer but he had remained at the Academy of Light to continue his rehabilitation, although Sunderland boss Tony Mowbray - who previously managed Willis at Coventry City - suggested it was unlikely he would earn a new deal with the Wearsiders and would be better off moving elsewhere in search of the regular first team football he needs to prove his fitness. Now Mowbray has confirmed that Willis has moved on, and says the 28-year-old has an offer to train with Forest Green.
He said: "I've had a few conversations with Jordan, and he has left the club now. I had Jordan at Coventry and he was very, very, good for me there - he was very athletic, and then he got a move to a huge football club, Sunderland.
