DAVID MOYES REVEALED that he’s bringing his Sunderland squad for a team-bonding trip to New York later this month.

The club are currently bottom of the Premier League table and face Southampton tomorrow. But they’ve then got a two-week break before their next fixture and Moyes provided some detail on the reasons behind a stint in a Manhattan that’s currently dealing with temperatures of about minus 6.

“It gives the players something to look forward to and they need a bit of a break”, he said.

We’re going to watch basketball and ice hockey and all go to Ground Zero so, culturally, I hope to educate the boys as well. We’ll train every day and do quite a bit of running in Central Park as well as cycling but the players will have downtime for sightseeing and other things.

The big thing for me though is to create a team spirit so they look after each other on the pitch. I want them to build relationships off it, too – and the psychology behind going somewhere so cold is that when we come back we’ll think Sunderland is Dubai.”

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Inevitably, the current President of the United States was referenced too.

“If Donald Trump wants to come and see the boys, he’s very welcome. Maybe we’ll go to Trump Tower, see if we can get anywhere near it.”

Sunderland are unbeaten in their last two games – drawing 0-0 with Tottenham before putting four past a hapless Crystal Palace.

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