Newton keen on Sunderland manager’s job

Eddie Newton has applied for the manager’s job at Sunderland.

The Wearside club are looking for a replacement for David Moyes, who stood down following their recent relegation from the Premier League.[phone][/phone]

Newton, from East Acton, is part of the backroom staff at Chelsea, where he spent most of his playing career and has since worked as a coach and assistant manager

He made 215 appearances for the Blues – scoring in their 1997 FA Cup final triumph – and was assistant boss under Roberto Di Matteo, having also worked with his former Chelsea team-mate at MK Dons and West Bromwich Albion.

Newton, 45, also assisted Guus Hiddink at Stamford Bridge last season and has since been moved to a different role, which largely involves liaising with players out on loan.

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