'Dangerous' - Championship boss praises Tony Mowbray's Sunderland and talks Celtic ahead of clash

The Black Cats head to the John Smith’s Stadium to face Huddersfield Town, managed by Fotheringham, in the Championship on Wednesday evening.

Fotheringham, 39, is familiar with Sunderland head coach Mowbray after the pair were at Celtic together and was quick to praise the former Blackburn Rovers and Middlesbrough manager.

He said: "Sunderland are a very dangerous team, they have got many offensive players that can hurt us on the day.

"They play exciting football and they have got a fantastic manager there in Tony Mowbray, who’s a very well-respected man in the game.

"He’s someone that I respect as well because he was the captain of Glasgow Celtic when I was a young guy and he created the huddle and all these things.

“He’s a person that I very much look up to, however, when the whistle goes at the weekend it becomes competitive.”

Fotheringham has confirmed that Huddersfield right-back Ollie Turton will miss his side's Championship match against Sunderland after sustaining a long-term ankle injury.

The 29-year-old was forced off with the issue during the first half of The Terriers’ 1-0 win over Millwall at the John Smith’s Stadium on Saturday.

Turton made 41 Championship appearances as Huddersfield reached the play-offs last season, before losing in the final to Nottingham Forest.

Speaking ahead of his side’s home match against Sunderland, Terriers boss Mark Fotheringham said: "It's bad news regarding Ollie Turton unfortunately, it's going to be a long term ankle injury and it might require surgery to fix. We'll support him, he's a great boy with a lovely family but we're all behind him. I'm sure he'll be back in no time."

"Ollie was quite shocked to be honest because he could put weight on it after it happened. It's going to be a big miss, but it presents a real opportunity now for other players to step up, so there's an opportunity that's been created by this now."

The win over Millwall moved Huddersfield off the bottom of the Championship ahead of their meeting with Sunderland.