Sunderland Echo football writers Joe Nicholson, Phil Smith and James Copley discuss rumours of the potential return to Sunderland of Alex Neil.
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00:00 It came from the Sons' Alan Nixon saying that Alex Neil would be open to a return to Sunderland.
00:06 Now can either of you see any kind of scenario where this kind of happens? Because clearly a
00:13 lot has gone on since Alex Neil decided to leave Sunderland and join Stoke.
00:17 No, I can't. I don't want to be too strong about it because like Sunderland,
00:28 I haven't had it surprising you and when Tony Mulberry went I probably wouldn't have that
00:32 stage if you'd asked me if Michael Beale would be the next Sunderland head coach. I would probably
00:36 have said that I saw that as unlikely. I think there's like a couple of factors to it like
00:40 has Alex Neil completely changed his view on Sunderland's recruitment model? Is happiness
00:48 working as a head coach with you know a sort of relatively limited input on sign-ins and that
00:53 kind of thing? My suspicion is he probably hasn't changed his view.