Tony Mowbray says Sunderland's crop of late August overseas signings are still not ready to start Championship games - although he says they have proved they can make an impact from the bench. The Black Cats brought in four youngsters towards the end of the summer transfer window, with Jewison Bennette arriving from Costa Rica, Edouard Michut on loan from Paris St Germain, Abdoullah Ba from Le Havre, and Amad Diallo on loan from Manchester United.
Of those, only Amad has a start to his name, while the others have only been involved as substitutes. Mowbray is a big believer in the talents of the quartet, but says they are still finding their feet - particularly the three teenagers who have arrived from overseas - both in a footballing sense, and as far as adapting to life in a new country is concerned.
They are gradually building up gametime from the bench, and as the weeks go by Mowbray says they will reach a stage where they are ready to go into the starting XI. "We've got some really talented footballers and I deal with them for four or five hours every day," said Mowbray.
