Tony Mowbray last week claimed that a striker was imminently arriving at Sunderland, however he appears to have been wrong.
The Sunderland boss was speaking with media and admitted he is disappointed no striker has arrived.
Tony Mowbray thought he had secured a forward on-loan last week but after stating a deal would be done the next day twice.
So when asked this time, Mowbray was far more pessimistic about his situation.
Instead of making a prediction, he just suggested he is confident a deal will happen before the deadline next Friday.
Mowbray on the striker situation
Chronicle Live reported that Mowbray spoke on the potential striker incomings as he said:
“I thought the deal was done, otherwise I wouldn’t have said [last Thursday] it could happen tomorrow,” Mowbray stated.
“I’d spoken to the manager [of the player’s club], he told me he was going to talk to the boy, he’d come up and we’d get it done – and then nothing happened. I think what ultimately happened was that they couldn’t negotiate the terms of a new contract, it became complicated and it didn’t happen.
“Whether it is going to happen, whether it never happens, or whether he goes somewhere else now because other clubs are aware he might be allowed to go out on loan, who knows?”
He continued to vent his frustrations at the lack of striker incomings so far.
“We’re all working hard behind the scenes. We’re all frustrated.
“Everybody is working really hard to try and get deals and lots of deals feel like they’re on the cusp. I feel like I’ve sat here for the last three or four press conferences and said tomorrow someone will be in and they haven’t. I don’t tell lies.
“As the window rolls down some clubs realise this deal might fall away and then it becomes more urgent.
“I have to sit here and be confident that by the end of this window we’ll have some strikers in the building and by the end of the international break, the likes of Ross Stewart, who’s out on the grass kicking balls about every day now, who’s to say he’s not about ready.”