Tony Mowbray insists he would rather see out the season with the players he wants than have been panicked into signing an unsuitable striker on deadline day. Sunderland were looking to bring in another frontman before Tuesday's 11pm deadline after losing top scorer Ross Stewart to a season-ending Achilles injury last weekend.
The Black Cats were chasing multiple targets but, when the transfer window closed, no new striker had arrived which means they will see out the season with just one out-and-out centre-forward in the shape of Joe Gelhardt, who signed on loan from Leeds United last week less than 48 hours before Stewart suffered his injury. "We looked at every market, believe me," said Mowbray.
"We looked at the free agents and discussed whether we think it is right or appropriate at this moment. We're happy to go with what we've got - I say happy, we worked really hard [to bring in another striker].
