Alex Neil reckons KLD is the only person from the Sunderland Ownership Group that’s he spoken to. Hopefully at some point he’ll be able to concentrate on turning our form around…
ONLY KLD
“The only owner that I’ve met at the club is Kyril. I’ve not spoken to anybody else; I’ve never met anybody else, I’ve never seen anybody else. Kyril is the only one that I’ve had contact with, along with Kristjaan (Speakman, sporting director) and Steve (Davison, chief operating officer). That’s basically it as far as I’m concerned. I work for them.”
DISCONTENT NO DISTRACTION
“I’ll be brutally honest, it hasn’t been a distraction to me because I’ve been really busy. I’m not really a big reader of what’s going on outside the football side of things because football’s my main priority and trying to fix that. However, I am aware, and I do get made aware of things like that because they do have an impact and they do affect all facets of the football club. I’m aware of the discontent over certain things, but it’s certainly not been a priority for me this week.”
FOCUS ON TEAM
“I think the club’s moved quickly to try to rectify things. My relationship, the team’s relationship and the club’s relationship with the fans, I think there’s been a lot of bridges built over the last 12 months. We’re obviously hoping that continues. There’s things that go on behind the scenes where you can’t be privy to all the information because the integrity of the club needs to be protected to a certain extent. I think that’s a difficult balance to strike, but to be honest, that’s not for me to strike. My main focus and priority is to try to get the team ready. I think we’re moving in the right direction as a club, and I’m hoping that can be seen in the next few months.”
