New Will Still development emerges amid Sunderland and Norwich City interest

Will Still has had a change of agency amid English club interest in the young manager from Norwich City and Sunderland.

There have been further developments revealed amid Sunderland and Norwich City’s interest in the former Stade de Reims boss, Will Still.

The Black Cats have been in search of a new manager for some time now, with Kyril Louis-Dreyfus yet to appoint a successor for Michael Beale, and with Mike Dodds ending the season in the caretaker hotseat. Meanwhile, Norwich sacked David Wagner immediately after losing to Leeds United in the play-off semi-finals.

After an underwhelming season of stagnation in the second tier in finishing 16th in the league, there are bound to be a number of changes behind the scenes at the Stadium of Light, with the futures of many players up for discussion in both the short and long-term, as well as the need for a new man in the dugout.

Both clubs are now in need of making an appointment as early as possible for the right candidate to help transition the club into next season.

Dodds was only in interim charge but the club have had four permanent managers in two years and are in need of the next boss to take what is the youngest squad by average age in the Championship to the next level. Sunderland’s Sporting Director, Kristjaan Speakman, recently stated that they would be willing to pay a compensation fee to a club in order to get the manager that they wanted.

Still remains in the frame for the head coach vacancy at Sunderland, according to the latest from Football Insider. The 31-year-old is still in with a chance of becoming the permanent successor to Beale following an interview with the club’s hierarchy.

The Black Cats are said to have held reservations over Still’s suitability for the role, but those concerns have been played down. It is expected that the new head coach will have to work alongside the current backroom and coaching staff, while also fitting in with the club’s current model, but there remains no concrete progress as of yet.

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Sunderland must be desperate to get this right, as it has the potential to catapult the club back into the promotion reckoning again in 2024/25.

They have done an excellent job in terms of recruitment and giving the club plenty of high-value young assets in terms of the playing squad, but Beale was a disaster after the good work of Tony Mowbray.

The Black Cats require a manager to steer the club and this young group towards the right end of the table, and Still has plenty of the credentials to do that, should his attainability improve following the agency change.

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