Michael Beale replies to emerging Sunderland claim, which he thinks is ‘broad of the mark’.
Sunderland boss Michael Beale has hit back at recent claims regarding his exit from the club.
Sunderland and Beale parted ways this week, with the 43-year-old overseeing just 12 games as manager.
He left the club after back-to-back defeats against two of the teams fighting relegation this season; Huddersfield Town and then Tony Mowbray’s Birmingham City.
Soon after Beale’s exit, reports emerged claiming that Beale had lost the Sunderland dressing room.
It was claimed that Beale made the Sunderland players do extra training after a defeat and that he gave himself the day off.
Michael Beale plays down Sunderland dressing room rift
But Beale has now responded to those claims.
Speaking to We Are Sunderland, the departed Black Cats boss said:
“Just want to clarify that no players were given extra training after the game at Birmingham. All players were off as scheduled on Sunday and back into training yesterday as normal. Saturday was our third game in seven days and the day off was needed for everyone as planned.
“I hope the club find the right manager moving forwards. The fans deserve to get back to the Premier League where a club of this size belongs. I wish the club every success moving forwards. The players and staff were a pleasure to work with and reports of issues behind the scenes are a long way wide of the mark.”
