Bertrand Traore Injury: Will need three more weeks

Traore (knee) is expected to be sidelined for the next three weeks, manager Regis Le Bris told media during Friday's press conference. "[Bertrand] Traore needs probably three weeks to get back. He has been a miss because he is very experienced, and it is a demanding position. He has the efficiency to attack and defend."

Traore has yet to play for Sunderland since returning from the AFCON, and based on this time, don't expect the forward to be an option until late February in a best-case scenario. He only has one goal in the current EPL campaign, and Trai Hume has been starting at right midfield in his absence -- even though he's a player with a completely different profile.