Sunderland have filled two vacancies at the Stadium of Light, appointing a head of performance and medicine as well as a head of football administration and operations...
LOTS TO DO
"There is a lot still to do. Our ambition is to be a Premier League football club, so if you put that as the end marker there is still lots and lots to do."
APPOINTMENTS
"We've just made two appointments behind-the-scenes. Andrew Young has come in as head of performance and medicine, and he started work yesterday. And Sam Ash has joined us as head of admin and operations."
INFRASTRUCTURE
"So we have our heads of domain all in place now, the infrastructure is all set, and what happens now is that those heads of domain such as Stuart [Harvey, the club's head of recruitment] are starting to build out what they feel is the most appropriate, fit-for-purpose structure."
PLANS/JANUARY
"Stuart has just finished those plans and we are just starting to implement them."
JANUARY
"The difficulty that Stuart has is that every six months this transfer window business pops up, and takes all your focus away! Our plan of action is that once we get January out of the way, we will really start to dig deep into how are preparing for the summer and how we can widen our net and get some greater depth in there."
DATA
"We are also building our own system in terms of data and tracking and monitor so that we have something that is high quality for the club."
