Sunderland have used the January transfer window to bring in players for the future with Joe Anderson and Isaac Lihadji among their latest intake - but Tony Mowbray intends to give them a taste of matchday atmosphere as quickly as possible. Deadline day addition from Everton Anderson is only 20 and as a centre-back, when everyone is fit and available, has players such as Danny Batth, Dan Ballard, Luke O'Nien, and Aji Alese ahead of him.
But Anderson will make the trip to Millwall this weekend as Sunderland prepare to face the Lions at The Den. And fellow new boy Lihadji, who arrived from French side Lille, could also make the trip to London, although he has a meeting this afternoon to finalise his work permit and Mowbray will decide then whether to bring the 20-year-old forward along to the Millwall game.
"If Isaac didn't have this meeting, he'd be on the coach with us," said Mowbray. "We may yet decide to put him in a cab or whatever to get him there.
