Sunderland manager Jack Ross has lost a couple of players already this summer (Picture: Getty Images)Liverpool have signed two unnamed players from Sunderland’s academy, according to Black Cats owner Stewart Donald. The Mackems are also dealing with some struggles off the field as they are losing academy players to bigger clubs with very little they can do to stop the youngsters leaving. ‘We are having our players poached,’ Donald told Sunderland fan podcast Roker Report. AdvertisementAdvertisement‘Or we can talk to Liverpool and try and get sell-ons, which they don’t have to give us. Both of those lads, because of the relationship we’ve got with Liverpool which could see some players come in the other direction, we’ve opted for a good working relationship (with).

Source: Metro June 01, 2019 13:30 UTC