Tony Mowbray has explained the thinking behind Blackburn's decision to let Corry Evans leave for Sunderland - and why he is delighted they have been reunited on Wearside. Northern Ireland international midfielder Evans spent eight years at Ewood Park before leaving the Lancashire club when his contract ran out in the summer of 2021 and signing for the Black Cats on a free.
Mowbray was in charge at Blackburn at the time, and he has give the background to Evans' departure. "There was no bad feeling when Corry left," said Mowbray.
"It was basically a situation where he was running out of contract and we had to decide whether to offer him a contract at a level that would improve on his current contract. We had John Buckley [coming through], for instance, who was a young lad and was probably on a third of what he [Evans] was on, and he needed the encouragement to play.
