Michael Beale said he feels “honoured” to join Sunderland after his appointment on Monday as the Championship club’s new head coach.
It is fair to say that many Sunderland fans have been somewhat underwhelmed by the decision to replace the much-loved Tony Mowbray with the 43-year-old Londoner so Beale could do with hitting the ground running when he presides over his first match in charge against Coventry at the Stadium of Light on Saturday.
