Sunderland manager hits out at record signing

After two successive relegations things seemed to be going from bad to worse at the club, and that was crystalised when they were forced to sack their record signing.

Sigining for them for £13 million while they were still in the Premier League, Ivorian midifielder Didier Ndong had refused to attend pre-season training this summer as they prepared for a season in League One.

The former Lorient player had his contract terminated for not turning up, and the coach of the 'Black Cats' has no issues with the decision that was taken.

"To try and develop a culture in your club, and I know culture is used as a kind of buzzword in football nowadays, but it's relative in all walks of life and it's not an easy thing to do. It can very easily be tipped the other way." Ross said.

"I'm not saying that one individual player would do that, but equally I think we've done well to build the spirit in a short period of time. We don't want to come away from that."