Skipper Corry Evans has revealed that outgoing head coach Alex Neil kept the Sunderland players 'in the loop' yesterday ahead of his departure to take over at Stoke City. Neil took training at the Academy of Light yesterday before agreeing to take the vacant manager's role at Stoke City.
He was absent as the Black Cats lost 1-0 against Norwich City at the Stadium of Light this lunchtime, instead appearing at Ewood Park to see the Potters' game against Blackburn Rovers. As ChronicleLive revealed yesterday, the deal is done with only official confirmation to come from both the Sunderland and Stoke City ends that he has left Wearside for to take over at the bet365 Stadium.
"Obviously he kept us updated yesterday morning and told us what was going on, he just wanted to keep us in the loop," said Northern Ireland international Evans. "He continued to take training and as far as we were away it was just a normal day.
