Sunderland boss Tony Mowbray is eager to build a relationship with Manchester United.

The Black Cats benefited from Amad Diallo's successful loan last sesaon, reaching the Championship's promotion playoffs.

Mowbray said, "I hope we can keep a close relationship with United, if they need to loan young players out.

"It's amazing really, I've been in management a long time, like you've said, and even the likes of Joe Rothwell, who I had at Blackburn, came through the United ranks.

"When I'm looking for players, I always look to see what their background is, where they were brought up and the core values of what their football brain is about.

"You never really fall short with Manchester United players, whether they made it at first-team level or not as, generally, they've all been brought up properly."