Jewison Bennette will travel to the North-West with Sunderland after sitting out the Boxing Day win against Blackburn Rovers due to a minor foot injury, Tony Mowbray has revealed. The Costa Rica international was a notable absentee when the Black Cats' teamsheet was issued on Monday, with no place for him even on the bench despite having been named amongst the subs the previous week for the game at Hull City.
And Mowbray has explained that Bennette had suffered a kick on his foot which meant he missed several days' training, and that led to the decision to leave him out. Mowbray was also conscious of the fact that Bennette had returned from the World Cup in need of building up his fitness again, making the missed training sessions all the more crucial.
But Bennette is part of the group that will travel across the Pennines ahead of tomorrow's game at Wigan Athletic, and will stay there to prepare for Sunday's New Year's Day game at Blackpool. "Jewison didn't train for three or four days," said Mowbray.
