{"id":640451,"date":"2024-05-30T15:22:18","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T19:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=640451"},"modified":"2024-05-31T03:45:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T07:45:09","slug":"sunderland-round-up-head-coach-latest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/05\/30\/sunderland-round-up-head-coach-latest\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunderland Round-Up: Black Cats Head Coach Latest and Jobe Wanted\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Last Word on Football\u2019s Sunderland round-up from Thursday 30th May. Today we saw rumours gather pace that the Black Cats were about to announce a new head coach; however, not long after, these rumours came to a sudden halt.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also the latest news on Jobe Bellingham\u2019s future with at least two Premier League clubs wanting to sign the highly-rated youngster.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Sunderland Round-Up: Black Cats Head Coach Latest and Jobe Bellingham is Wanted<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n<h3>Hopes Raised and Then Dashed<\/h3>\n<p>Earlier today, a report from Italian news site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calciomercato.it\/2024\/05\/30\/sunderland-accordo-raggiunto-con-wicky-i-dettagli-esclusivo\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Calcio Mercato<\/a> claimed that the Black Cats were close to announcing former Young Boys boss Raphael Wicky as their new head coach. The former Switzerland international was to sign a two-year contract with the option of a further year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8EXCLUSIVE | Sunderland have reached an agreement with Raphael <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Wicky?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Wicky<\/a>: two-year contract with option <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/safc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#safc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf2 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RaffaeleAmato14?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@RaffaeleAmato14<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zhRaBdhMuk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/zhRaBdhMuk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 calciomercato.it (@calciomercatoit) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/calciomercatoit\/status\/1796190830949957807?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As fans began to breathe a sigh of relief that after more than 100 days of searching, their club had finally decided on a new head coach, reports began to quickly appear via the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1796201626861998407\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunderlandecho.com\/sport\/football\/sunderland-afc\/where-head-coach-search-currently-stands-amid-surprise-claims-of-deal-agreed-4648178\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sunderland Echo<\/a> that Wicky was not set to be announced.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> With reports wide of the mark regarding Raphael Wicky, Sunderland&#8217;s search continues.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udd34\u26aa\ufe0f\u274c Sunderland will not appoint Raphael Wicky as new manager despite recent reports.<\/p>\n<p>No contacts, no talks and he\u2019s not on the shortlist for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SAFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#SAFC<\/a> job.<\/p>\n<p>Club working on different candidates to appoint new head coach. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2zMfOrHsIC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/2zMfOrHsIC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1796201626861998407?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Jobe Bellingham Wanted<\/h3>\n<p>Reports this evening have claimed that both Crystal Palace and Brentford are chasing highly-rated youngster Jobe Bellingham, brother of Real Madrid&#8217;s Jude. Both Fabrizio Romano and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunderlandecho.com\/sport\/football\/sunderland-afc\/premier-league-clubs-set-to-test-black-cats-resolve-with-jobe-bellingham-move-4648402\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sunderland Echo<\/a> have said that the two Premier League clubs have made the 18-year-old their priority target.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udd35\ud83d\udd34 EXCLUSIVE: Crystal Palace are in talks to sign Jobe Bellingham as one of their priority targets for the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Oliver Glasner wants him and Dougie Freedman is working to convince the player.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc40Other clubs including Brentford want Jobe, open race \u2014 as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaydmharris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@jaydmharris<\/a> calls. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uSRVdddgJk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/uSRVdddgJk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1796242924872810544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The teenager still has several seasons left on his contract, a deal he signed just last summer. Therefore, any fee offered to Sunderland would need to be significant to tempt them into selling.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/05\/16\/sunderland-recruitment-upcoming-transfer-window\/\" target=\"_self\">Read More: Sunderland Recruitment: Upcoming Transfer Window Must be a Huge Improvement<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Last Word on Football\u2019s Sunderland round-up from Thursday 30th May. Today we saw rumours gather pace that the Black Cats were about to announce a new head coach; however, not long after, these rumours came to a sudden halt.\u00a0 There\u2019s also the latest news on Jobe Bellingham\u2019s future with at least two Premier [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":640424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32,33,30,7188,22],"tags":[9810,7135,7388,7387],"class_list":["post-640451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-league-football","category-championship","category-news","category-rumours","category-sunderland","tag-jobe-bellingham","tag-sunderland-manager","tag-sunderland-news","tag-sunderland-round-up"],"modified_by":"Barry Dixon, LWOF Site Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=640451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/640424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}