12 Candidates Who Could Be Sunderland's Next Manager

9. Patrick Vieira

One of the early favourites for the job was Patrick Vieira. Like Yorke, Vieira is both a Premier League legend and vastly inexperienced. The Arsenal legend is currently the reserve team coach at Manchester City, but while he does have at least some form of coaching knowledge, it might not be enough to sway Ellis Short. Another wild, highly-unlikely, yet interesting development is that ex-SAFC boss and Vieira's nemesis Roy Keane has recently been linked with the Newcastle job. Vieira and Sunderland vs. Keane and Newcastle. Imagine the derbies...