Former Sunderland star Wes Brown has backed the Black Cats '100 percent' to make a play-off push this season under his old boss Tony Mowbray - but warns that star striker Ross Stewart could be on the move in the summer. The Wearsiders have made an impressive return to the Championship after winning promotion from League One last season via the play-offs to end their four-year stay in the third tier.
Sunderland's weekend win against Middlesbrough at the Stadium of Light lifted them to ninth place but, so tight is the table, they are just a single point outside the play-off spots. After a glittering career at Old Trafford which saw Brown win two Champions League winners' medals, five Premier League titles, two FA Cups and two League Cups, Brown joined Sunderland in 2011 and spent five years on Wearside before moving to Blackburn.
Mowbray took over at Ewood Park in 2017, with Brown leaving later that year. "Sunderland can 100 percent mount a play-off push but they need to get a run of wins together," said Brown.
