Tony Mowbray says skipper Corry Evans sets the standards in the Sunderland dressing room and fully deserves his new contract on Wearside. Northern Ireland midfielder Evans suffered a season-ending cruciate ligament injury against Middlesbrough last month and, with his existing deal due to expire at the end of the season, that was understood to have left him just one game short of triggering an extension.
But Mowbray said in the aftermath that he believed the club would do the right thing by the 32-year-old, and this week they confirmed that Evans had signed a new one-year contract with the option of another 12 months. And today Mowbray said of the announcement: "It's obviously the right thing to do.
"Having known Corry for the last five years at Blackburn Rovers, I know what he brings to the football club. He led the team and was instrumental in the promotion out of League One.
