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Sunderland owner Kyril Louis-Dreyfus has been speaking about head coach Regis Le Bris
Le Bris represented a relatively unknown entity to many in the English game prior to his arrival at the Stadium of Light, but he has since gone on to make a notable impression - first leading the Black Cats to promotion last term, and then helming a hugely promising start to life in the Premier League that has left his side fourth in the table after 10 matches.
On Monday evening, Le Bris oversaw a 1-1 draw against Everton, and speaking to Sky Sports before the match, Louis-Dreyfus was quick to hail his head coach for the job that he has done on Wearside so far.
What did Kyril Louis-Dreyfus say about Sunderland head coach Regis Le Bris?
When asked why he had taken the decision to appoint Le Bris before the beginning of last season, Louis-Dreyfus said: “To be honest I think there were a lot of factors that gave us the confidence in making a decision. Regis obviously came from a very disappointing spell at Lorient where he got relegated with the team, so people were surprised we chose him, but for us I think the two most important things that we were looking for is someone that is calm - and I'm sure every time you guys speak to him you can sense the calmness which I think is very important in this football club where there's a lot of highs and lows - and equally when it comes to the actual work on a day-to-day basis, the level of detail that he goes into everything he does, I've personally never seen before. When he shared us his methodology and his work we were really impressed and I think coupled with his humility and calmness we thought it could be a great match and so far so good.”
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Elsewhere, Louis-Dreyfus also opened up on Sunderland’s ambitious approach to the summer transfer window, as well as addressing the club’s potential plans for January. He said: “I think the stats showed to us that unless you do something extraordinary you're likely going to go back to the Championship. For us, we didn't really set ourselves a budget in terms of the money we want to spend - we had an ambition to try and bring in the players we want and fortunately a lot of the deals we wanted to do we were able to conclude them, and as a result of that the spend in the end was big, but most importantly we got the players that we wanted.
“I would say definitely a little bit [that the great start could affect Sunderland’s approach in January] because obviously if we're in the bottom three by Christmas or we're in the top six by Christmas that changes the ambition a little bit. We're currently preparing for all scenarios but we've been doing that since the summer, so hopefully we'll be going into the January window with a top ten finish in mind and we will prepare and execute the transfer window to give us the best chance.”
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