Advocaat stands firm at Sunderland

LONDON: Dick Advocaat intends to stay at Sunderland until the end of the season despite being this season’s betting favourite to be the first Premier League coach to be sent packing.
The veteran Dutchman was a surprise choice to replace Gus Poyet as Sunderland boss in March on a short-term deal with the club facing relegation.
He managed to keep them up and then signed a one-year contract to lead the northeast club during the 2015-16 campaign.
The former Netherlands, PSV Eindhoven, Rangers and Zenit St Petersburg coach insists he will ride out the current storm.
“I never said that I will quit this club. I hope I can stay until the end of the season,” Advocaat told a press conference ahead of the Black Cats’ league encounter at Aston Villa on Saturday, as quoted by several national newspapers.