Tony Mowbray hopes star striker Ross Stewart will follow Sunderland skipper Corry Evans by committing himmself to the club 'in the near future'. Evans, whose contract was due to expire at the end of the season, this week signed a new one-year deal with the Wearsiders, with the option of a further 12 month extension after that.
Negotiations have been ongoing with Stewart for months and they are continuing, with a view to signing the 26-year-old up to a new long-term deal. Contract talks are the domain of sporting director Kristjaan Speakman rather than the head coach, but there is no doubt that Mowbray wants the Scotland international to stay.
"We all hope so," said Mowbray. "It's not something I can really comment on because I don't get involved in it but again the coaching staff have let everybody know how important it is.
