Sunderland desperately need Anichebe – Moyes

Sunderland manager, David Moyes, is hopeful Nigeria’s Victor Anichebe will return to action sooner than expected.
The 28-year-old striker suffered a knee ligament injury in his side’s 2-0 defeat to West Bromwich Albion in January, and the handler says he wishes the forward can be given a green light by the club’s medics to boost his squads ahead of their busy fixtures, even if they start from the bench.
“We hope that Victor could be back and maybe Catts,” Moyes said.
“I think Catts could get some training in but the one we’re really looking to see if we can get back is Victor.
“There are no guarantees but I know Victor’s doing a bit more running and hopefully getting closer.
“My bigger worry is how they can get a level of match fitness to make a difference and help us in such a short time.
“I have to hope that we can get them back and give ourselves another dimension, even if it’s getting them back off the bench late on.
“I’ll probably play one [a friendly] this week because we have three games in a week coming up and we’ll need the squad of players we’ve got.”