Régis Le Bris opens up on Sunderland’s transfer structure ahead of home bow
Sunderland Head Coach Régis Le Bris has outlined his role alongside the club’s board in working on transfers, as the Black Cats continue to search for a striker this window. Le Bris also reflected on the League Cup exit at Preston and what he learnt from the performance. Daniel Wales reports.
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00:00Despite Sundlund's loss on Tuesday in the League Cup, Regis Lebris was cheerful in his
00:07pre-match media briefing ahead of the visit of Sheffield Wednesday to Wearside.
00:12The Frenchman was quick to explain what he had learned from the Cup exit in terms of
00:16understanding the depth of his squad at this stage of the new season.
00:23I think that for me it wasn't only an analysis about this game, but an improvement between
00:31three games as explained before.
00:35If we want to have a good season together, we will need 14, 15, 16, 17 players.
00:44So all these players need to have the same idea about the football we want to play.
00:50So it's more difficult for them because they are not involved in the pre-season games.
00:57So as a staff, as a head coach, we need to be very close to them and to help them to
01:04grow in these ideas.
01:06So their improvement was interesting, I think.
01:11Not enough to win against Preston and would like to win for sure, but it wasn't the case.
01:19It's a long process, sometimes we are low, sometimes we are high, but I think now they
01:24are closer than the beginning of the season.
01:27Le Brice then made clear that losing at Preston was not the ideal outcome, but that the Championship
01:32remains the priority for Sunderland this season.
01:38It's always a frustration to lose, really.
01:40So I can't be happy after this game, but our main priority is the Championship.
01:49It's a reality.
01:50And because of the process, it was, I think, the best solution for that game.
01:56Then when asked about his relationship with the board on transfers, Le Brice outlined
02:01how the structure operates at the club, as Sunderland continue to search for that all-important
02:06striker before the window closes at the end of August.
02:12They work behind the scenes on the different profiles, they analyse many, many players.
02:18At the end, they think that one, three, four can switch with our expectation and I have
02:25an analysis on it as well, so I can make the link between their work with many, many players
02:34available on the earth, really, because all the players are now available.
02:41And the link with our team, with our expectation as head coach and the staff, and the link
02:47between my feelings and the needs on the pitch, because I'm with the players all the time.
02:56So we are working together and it's very, very close.