Sunderland boss Sam Allardyce has warned his players they are unlikely to get a better club if their stay on Wearside ends in relegation. The Black Cats travel to Norwich on Saturday knowing defeat would leave their Barclays Premier League status hanging by a thread, and the cull that would follow would be painful, just as it was the last time they slipped out of the top flight in 2003. But while some players would inevitably leave the Stadium of Light should the worst happen, Allardyce had told them the grass will not necessarily be greener and urged them to make sure their future remains in the north-east and the Premier League. ...read
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