Coleman wants Black Cats stay

CHRIS Coleman wants t o remain Sunderland manager even if the club is relegated to League One.

The Black Cats currently sit at the foot of the Sky Bet Championship t able, eight points adrift of safety with just six games remaining, but the man who guided Wales to the Euro 2016 semi-finals still sees his future at the Stadium of Light.

Speaking ahead of Saturday’s trip to Leeds, Coleman said: “It’s not about the division we are i n, it’s about who owns the club and what the plan is.

“It won’t be because I’ m saying I don’t want to be here, not at all. I wanted to manage Sunderland whichever league. It will be what is the future, who is the owner and what are the plans for the club?

“Am I in the plans? Am I not? The answer to where my future is is with someone else. I don’t know where we will be yet or who will be with me or who will be here full stop.

“I hope to God I am here. I want to be here.

“All that anybody has to do who buys this club has to do is look at it, the last four or five years, and do it completely different.”