Tony Mowbray discussed Jack Diamond's impressive start to his loan move at Lincoln City, and the possibility of a January recall...
RECALL CLAUSE
“Every loan I’ve ever done has a recall clause, so we’ll be able to bring him back in January if we want to. We watch Jack’s clips every week. He was nominated for the Player of the Month the other month, and scored a hat-trick a couple of weeks ago."
FRIENDLY VS. HARTLEPOOL
“I actually saw him play in Sunderland’s pre-season game at Hartlepool – I was there with the Hartlepool owner and Gary Pallister, who is a good friend – and I thought Jack Diamond played well that night. He looked sharp and clever with the ball down the left-hand side, always chopping it back and putting it across the box. But then a week later he’d gone on loan."
DEVELOPMENT
“If he goes away and is sub all the time, not getting into a lower-league team, then he’s probably in the right place, developing and learning what it’s like to be subbed off or left out of the team. But if he bangs in 20 goals before January, this club have to sit there and think, ‘Right, hang on a minute, why have we got an asset away scoring all those goals?’”
GAMETIME
“I’ve never spoken to the boy, but maybe he just wanted to play. Maybe he didn’t want to be here every week, sitting on the bench, hardly playing any football. Maybe he wanted to go and play 20 or 30 games before January, some footballers are like that. You have to feel what’s important to them. Some just want to play football."
