Just Now:Sky Sports reporter confirms Sunderland’s Mike Dodds plan is a brilliant one in spite of Michael Beale uncover

The Dark Felines are surrounding a trade for Tony Mowbray

It appears that Sunderland’s search for a successor to Tony Mowbray may soon be over.

The Black Cats have been looking for a new manager ever since they announced the 60-year-old’s departure early last week after 15 months in charge at the Stadium of Light.

The Athletic has reported that the Championship team is in advanced negotiations to hire Michael Beale as their new manager.

To be sure, it is imagined that the previous QPR and Officers chief is set to watch from the stands when Sunderland travel to Ashton Entryway to take on Bristol City, on Saturday evening

Now, as the club move closer to confirming that appointment, it appears as though the futures of some of those already behind the scenes with the first-team at the club

Since the takeoff of Mowbray last week, first-group mentor Mike Dodds has been in guardian charge of the Dark Felines’ senior side.

While it is some of the time the case that a supervisor’s private cabin group will continue on with them when they are sacked – to be sure, Mowbray’s associate Imprint Venus has now likewise left the Arena of Light – it appears to be that won’t be the situation here.

As per Sky Sports columnist Keith Downie, Dodds is rather set to stay at Sunderland, and structure a piece of the group working close by the approaching Beale, in managing first-group undertakings.

Given the circumstances around the club right now, and the work that he has done since stepping into the void left by Mowbray, it certainly seems as though that decision is a smart one for the club to make.

Dodds did his reputation no harm by taking over from Mowbray as interim coach for the Black Cats’ last two games.

Under the 37-year-old, Sunderland won back-to-back games against West Brom and Leeds United, two teams they are currently competing with for a playoff spot, to snap a three-game losing streak