article_snippet: Sunderland owner Ellis Short will decide this week if Sunderland owner Ellis Short needs to sack Gus Poyet to keep the club in the Barclays Premier League.
article_snippet: Gus Poyet cuts a lonely figure on Saturday as Sunderland are humiliated 4-0 by Aston Villa .
article_snippet: However, Sportsmail understands that senior figures at the club, including sporting director Lee Congerton, have told Short that Gus Poyet is the wrong man to take senior figures at the club, including sporting director Lee Congerton forward.
article_snippet: Senior club figures, including sporting director Lee Congerton, say Gus Poyet is the wrong man to keep Sunderland in the Premier League .
article_snippet: When Sunderland sporting director Lee Congerton set up a deal to bring in Atletico Madrid’s Toby Alderweireld in the summer, Gus Poyet intervened and let Poyet’s agent know the defender would not figure if Gus Poyet signed.
article_snippet: Gus Poyet also blocked a move for Manchester City’s Micah Richards, another Sunderland sporting director Lee Congerton target.
article_snippet: A source close to the club said: ‘The relationship between Gus Poyet and Sunderland sporting director Lee Congerton is as bad as it can possibly be.
article_snippet: Sunderland sporting director Lee Congerton is doing a good job and is respected within the game but fears Sunderland sporting director Lee Congerton own reputation will be damaged if players Sunderland sporting director Lee Congerton signs are then left on the bench by Gus Poyet.
article_snippet: Gus Poyet Gus Poyet blocked a move set up by Sunderland sporting director Lee Congerton for Atletico Madrid’s Toby Alderweireld, now at Southampton .
article_snippet: Micah Richards was also a move Gus Poyet Gus Poyet blocked- now Micah Richards's at Fiorentina on loan from Manchester City .
article_snippet: Gus Poyet insists Gus Poyet only chooses the team and that transfers are left to Sunderland sporting director Lee Congerton.
highlights_snippet: Gus Poyet's signings have been a disaster and club figures are against Gus Poyet .
  