Sunderland expect to confirm Tony Mowbray's longtime number two Mark Venus as the club's new assistant head coach over the next 48 hours. Mowbray was installed as head coach on Wearside on Tuesday night and oversaw his first game the following day, as the Black Cats beat Rotherham United 3-0 at the Stadium of Light.
But with his predecessor Alex Neil taking his assistant Martin Canning with him to Stoke, there is a vacancy for a second in command in the Sunderland dugout and Mowbray wants to bring his own trusted lieutenant to the club. Sunderland sporting director Kristjaan Speakman says Venus has been at the club for talks and his arrival should be finalised before the Black Cats face Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium on Monday night.
Asked whether he would be bringing Venus to the club, Mowbray said: "I would like to, and Kristjaan will know better where that one is."
