Colback Tells It As It Is!

Last updated : 27 February 2014 By Tott Dixon - Seaham

Jack Colback: "Talks are ongoing.

"It takes time and with the position we've been in, it's been difficult at times because obviously the team is the focal point and comes to the forefront.

"It's something I've completely put to the back of my mind with the final coming up, I'm concentrating on that.

"But I enjoy playing for the new manager. It's home here. I am settled, my family are settled, so hopefully we can get something sorted.

"I first went on trial at Middlesbrough and trained there for a while but the travelling was a bit too far and I felt I was a bit too young at the time aged eight or nine.

"I came to Sunderland initially at that age but I thought I was still a bit too young. I came back to Sunderland a second time and felt it was the right time to do so. I'd just turned 11 when I came back.

"As players it's your job, isn't it, to treat the club you play for as your club, it doesn't matter where you're from, it's your job to go out on the pitch and play as well as you can for whoever you play for and that's what I do."