Tony Mowbray admits Edouard Michut's 'mystery' injury has dragged on - but says the Frenchman hopes to resume training next week. On-loan Paris St Germain midfielder Michut has had a stop-start beginning to his time on Wearside, with a series of minor injuries restricting him to just four outings - all from the subs' bench - so far.
He produced his best performance so far when he played the final half-hour of Sunderland's 1-1 draw at Luton Town at the end of October, but has not played since after picking up a leg injury in that game that has proved difficult to pin down. Michut travelled with the squad to Dubai last week for their warm-weather training camp during the World Cup break, but he did not feature in the friendly against Al-Shabab last Friday.
And while Mowbray had originally hoped that Michut would be back in contention for tomorrow's home Championship game against Millwall, he is now not expected to start training until next week meaning that the home game against West Bromwich Albion a week on Monday would be the first match for which he could potentially be available. Mowbray said: "It's just dragging on a little bit longer than we would have thought, really.
