Why Alex Neil's press conference has been moved ahead of Sunderland's fixture against Norwich City

The Black Cats boss was set to meet the media at 9am as normal but was held up by a meeting at the Academy of Light.

Reporters were then told the press conference would instead take place at 2pm with Neil.

The Sunderland squad are set to train on Friday morning as normal ahead of their match against Norwich, which has been brought forward to the earlier kick-off time of 12:30pm on Saturday after being selected for live TV broadcast.

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Norwich boss Dean Smith has said the Canaries have no new injury concerns ahead of the match at the Stadium of Light.

Defender Andrew Omobamidele was originally thought to be unavailable for Tuesday’s Carabao Cup against Bournemouth, which the Canaries lost on penalties, but was named on the bench.