Sunderland may dip into the transfer market to find a replacement for skipper Corry Evans with the midfielder set to miss the remainder of the season. The Black Cats confirmed this morning that the Northern Ireland international had suffered cruciate ligament damage in Sunday's win against Middlesbrough at the Stadium of Light and needs to go under the knife.
And with Evans expected to sit out the rest of their campaign, head coach Mowbray said today that the club could look to bring in another midfielder to fill the gap left by the influential 32-year-old. Homegrown midfielder Dan Neil can play in the deep-lying role that Evans normally occupies and the club this week signed 21-year-old Pierre Ekwah from West Ham, although Mowbray says Ekwah is not in the same mould as Evans.
"We've had some initial conversations [about transfers] so we just have to wait and see how it impacts on the other stuff that we're trying to do," said Mowbray. "We have added extra competition with Pierre Ekwah and we're pushing on with other areas of the pitch but we've got a few days to potentially to look at it and see if something could be done.
