Sunderland captain hopes manager situation can be resolved this week with Danny Cowley leading contender

Phil Parkinson was sacked last Sunday following a five-game winless run and the 1-1 draw with Fleetwood Town last Friday night.

Ex-Huddersfield Town boss Cowley is known to have admirers on the Sunderland board and he is a strong contender to be named the new boss on Wearside.

Power insists Sunderland can still have a successful season as they chase automatic promotion.

Reflecting on the 1-1 draw with Burton Albion on Tuesday night, Power said: “I thought you could see the togetherness of the team, working for each other, and we know it wasn’t a good result.

"We have to move on now to Saturday, a game we have to win.

“All we can do is keep going, and hopefully the manager situation can be resolved this week – and we can try and make this season a successful one.”

Andrew Taylor, first team coach, took the game on Tuesday.

Power, speaking to the club website, added: “It’s obviously been a difficult few days at the club – it’s never nice when a manager loses his job – and there’s a lot of uncertainty around at the moment, but huge credit has to go to Tayls, Nick Allamby and Buts [Lee Butler], who have had to take the reins and I’m sure they’re hurting.”

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