Plymouth boss Steven Schumacher was 'made up' when Sunderland's Jay Matete opted to reject other offers and join his side on loan last week. Midfielder Matete joined the Black Cats from Fleetwood Town 12 months ago but had made only one league start for the this season and was one of the players Sunderland head coach Tony Mowbray had hinted would be allowed to leave on loan to get regular gametime.
And on Friday evening his switch to Home Park until the end of the season was confirmed, and he made his debut the following day as a second half substitute in the Pilgrims' goalless League One draw at Bolton Wanderers. Schumacher says Matete had other options to move away from Wearside, but he was delighted that he chose to join table-toppers Plymouth in their bid to win promotion to the Championship.
"We always track people on performance data," said Schumacher. "Jay hasn't played loads of football this year for Sunderland.
