Tony Mowbray has dismissed reports of a January reunion with Bradley Dack on Wearside as 'very, very unlikely' - insisting there has been no contact between the clubs. A report emerged last weekend suggesting that Sunderland were keen on signing the Blackburn Rovers man, who has become frustrated at Ewood Park after starting just three Championship games this term.
Mowbray was in charge at Blackburn when Dack made a £750,000 move to the Lancashire club from Gillingham in the summer of 2017, making the link with the Black Cats an easy one to make. But, while Mowbray is a huge fan of Dack, the fact that the midfielder has suffered two cruciate ligament injuries - one in December 2019 and the second in March 2021 - means there is a question mark over whether he can reach the same levels he hit before his injuries.
Add in the fact that, at 28, he would not fit Sunderland's model of generally signing young players who can be developed, and that his wages would almost certainly be beyond the Black Cats, and the link looks increasingly tenuous. "I love Bradley Dack," Mowbray told ChronicleLive.
