Régis Le Bris outlines his current thinking on backroom staff changes at Sunderland this summer
Sunderland are looking to kick on this summer after an impressive first campaign back at Premier League level
Régis Le Bris says he is not planning to make any major changes to his backroom staff at Sunderland this summer.
Sunderland invested heavily in their first-team coaching group last summer, with Luciano Vulcano joining as assistant head coach. Isidre Ramón Madir joined as assistant coach, with Neil Cutler also joining the club as goalkeeping coach. However, Vulcano subsequently left the club earlier this season with existing assistant head coach Pedro Ribeiro also departing shortly before the beginning of the Premier League campaign.
Nevertheless, Le Bris says he is happy with his existing team and is not planning any major changes this summer.
“At the minute, no, because I think we are really well connected both for the ideas and the way of working,” Le Bris said.
“And the evolution of the staff went really well the last four, five, six months, which connected with the evolution of the squad as well. So, I'm really pleased with that. If it's possible to improve some areas, we'll do it but at the minute, I'm really pleased.”
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As part of last season’s changes, long-serving coach Alessandro Barcherini was promoted to assistant coach alongside Michael Proctor. Sunderland also appointed former Charlton Athletic coach James Brayne as a specialist set-piece coach in August of last year.
The Echo understands that academy goalkeeping coach Jonny Maddison could be promoted this summer to work with the senior group as part of a restructure, with Cutler remaining in charge of the department as a whole.
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