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next week or two and then we can speak about it,” said Moyes.

“It’s easy to say the plan is to get back as quickly as we can but again that’s a conversation for another day. Let’s wait and see.”

But, despite the pain and disappointment, Moyes is adamant he wants the chance to take Sunderland from the Championship back to the Premier League next season.

“I’d like to bounce back with them. The job is to make sure we try to get ourselves prepared and ready but it’s difficult to talk about it right now because it’s just too soon.

“This is not the time to try to make snap reasons why this has happened, but I’d like to make sure we get Sunderland back in the Premier League, that’s for sure.

“I’ve managed in the Championship before but now is not the time to talk about that. I’m more concerned for the people who follow this club, they are all disappointed just as we are.

“This has been a frustrating manager’s chair for many managers and I’m just frustrated today we couldn’t get the result we wanted.”

Despite seeing his stars suffer 23 top-flight defeats, winning only five of their games so far, Moyes refused to point the finger of blame at individuals.

And he insisted he couldn’t have asked much more from his shattered stars. Moyes said: “The players played as well as they could and there is no criticism of the players, of their effort and commitment.

“It’s not any one person, it’s a collective thing here and I don’t think any one person is bigger than a club