Moyes: ‘I won’t walk awayfromBlackCats’
DO W N B E AT Da v i d Moyes fears he won’t receive any of debt-ridden Sunderland’s millions in parachute payments to strengthen his squad.
The Black Cats’ 10-year stint in the Premier League ends today at champions Chelsea – and doubts linger about boss Moyes’ future as he prepares for crucial talks with chairman Ellis Short in the next week.
And Moyes says the cash to cushion th e We ar s i d e r s’ relegation could be swallowed up by debts of around £ 140 million.
Asked if he would walk away if Short didn’t give him what he wanted, Moyes said: “No, I want to hear what he is going to say first.
“There’s not just one plan to go back up, there are a couple of different levels of plans.
“The quick way to do it would be look at what Newcastle did, but there are other examples.
“Maybe a lot of the parachute money could already be getting used up for other stuff.
“So it might not necessarily be that you’ve got that to go on recruiting players.
“It’s well- documented that the club are over £100m in debt and there are high wages, so I think everyone is aware of the financial difficulties.
“But we’ll see what we come up with and maybe there are still things they can do with the bank and other things.
“I don’t think there’ll be loads of cash getting thrown around in the Championship, but a couple of clubs could have a go. I know what Steve Gibson has said at Middlesbrough.’’
Moyes, who took charge of Sunderland last summer, confessed it has been an “incredibly tough season’’.
The Scot said: “I think we all need a break. It’s been an incredibly tough season.
“I want to get away quite quickly and come back quite quickly in early June.
“Then I’ll dust myself down and get ready to go again.
“I’m looking forward to maybe winning games again – that excites me.
“I had a great feeling after we beat Hull the other week – I’d nearly forgotten what it felt like.
“When we left the ground I was able to say, ‘That was good, I’ll go and have a nice glass of wine’ because it felt good.
“I’d like to get back to feeling that way.
“You don’t realise how low you are until you start winning again, so if we do start winning again next season, hopefully we’ll all feel much better.’’
Moyes warned: “We’d be trying to go up with the biggest expectation, maybe the biggest club in the Championship.
“If we are, it will come with expectation from our own people and supporters.
“And you’ll find other teams will enjoy coming here because of the stadium and big crowds, but we’ll take big crowds to other grounds, so that will help us.’’