As per my earlier post,
https://www.sunderlandafc.news/tran...s-sunderland-confirm-first-transfer-decision/
This falls into my theory Speakman is toast. My original thoughts were KLD replaced Speakman in the hunt for the new coach, relieving Speakman of his duties. Speakman was downgraded to review the u21 squad, this article backs up this role. There are no quotes on coach recruitment or first team recruitment.
I believe Speakman will be removed in August/September after a handover to the new DoF. Removing him at the end of the last season would have been seen as a sign of weakness, the club being rudderless etc.
We shall see.
Just looks like a bog standard article to me with nothing else to read into but who knows.