What next for Enzo Le Fée and Dan Neil - #onthewhistle - video Dailymotion

Phil Smith discusses the futures of the Sunderland pair

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00:00He said, should we be worried about Enzo not being with Thane Verticom's first team at Augsburg?

00:04And then it says, Daniel played well today. Huge shame for us to leave.

00:07Yeah, gruey with your kev, as I mentioned at the start of the video,

00:10I thought that kind of the positives beneath the surface of the result yesterday

00:13that I thought Neil and Lefebvre both looked sharp, motivated and ready to play a par.

00:19We asked Lebris about both players after the game and it was really interesting

00:24because to be honest, he was pretty candid about the fact that Lefebvre might be on the bench against West Ham.

00:28He did kind of say, you know, that there was a chance he would be, as he calls him, a finisher.

00:35But beyond that, he was really, really clear that that could change in a matter of days,

00:41that could change in a matter of weeks, that he's determined to have 15, 16 players

00:45who are absolutely ready to start every game and impact every game.

00:48He couldn't have been clearer that Lefebvre was firmly in that category.

00:51So at this point, Kev, I'm not worried. I don't think fans should be worried.

00:54Of course, we'll keep an eye on how things develop over the course of the season.

00:57But just because he isn't necessarily in line to start the first game,

01:00that doesn't mean he's not in line to start the second or the third or the fourth game.

01:03He's definitely still a big part of the club's plans.

01:07Lebris was also really clear that Neil's a big part of his plans this season

01:10and that he's really comfortable with his role in the squad.

01:12He feels he's ready to make an impact, albeit, of course, he will have to sort of compete with Xhaka

01:16and that will mean there's a time he's on the bench.

01:19Now, obviously, as I mentioned before, that situation is a little bit different

01:23because of the contract scenario and we'll have to wait and see how that plays out.

01:27But at the moment, Lebris is certainly counting on them both

01:29to be part of his squad for the season.

01:31So let's see how that one develops in the next few days and weeks and months.

01:37So, yeah, I think that's it.