Regis Le Bris coy on Sunderland team news ahead of play-off final amid Patrick Roberts concern

Sunderland head coach Regis Le Bris understadably kept his cards close to his chest regarding squad fitness ahead Saturday's Championship Play-Off Final against Sheffield United.

The Black Cats came through a semi-final tie against Coventry City after a late Dan Ballard aggregate winner in extra-time booked their place under the Wembley Arch.

Romaine Mundle returned from a hamstring injury for the second leg at the Stadium of Light, making an impressive impact off the bench against the Sky Blues in extra-time but there are doubts over his ability to play a full 90 minutes, while fellow winger Patrick Roberts is understood to have played through the second leg against Coventry with a calf injury.

Le Bris gave very little away when asked if both Sunderland stars were fit to play the full 90 minutes for the Black Cats at Wembley this weekend.

Speaking to reporters at his press conference ahead of the Championship Play-Off Final, Le Bris said: "Everyone is available more or less because it is the end of the season. You can have small injuries but you can manage the pain.

“We’ll see [if Mundle or Roberts can play the full game]. It’s always the case that at the end of the season you have to manage injuries.

"I’m really happy now because I think the group is bigger than before, but it’s always the case that you have to manage different scenarios and also your substitutions.

"We’ll see. I can’t say that we have 100% availability because it is not, but more or less. I will have options.”

The Black Cats boss admitted he'd not yet decided his final game plan to use against the Blades, with one more training session to fit in before the journey to London tomorrow.

"It's not done. We'll have one more session tomorrow and I think we now have two or three options. It's good to have these options because it wasn't always the case this season.

"Sometimes it was a tough condition because it wasn't possible to manage different options to play against different opponents. It was also an opportunity ti grow because with constraints it's tough.

"You would like to have other options but you haven't got them. These options would be useful for later and that was the case this season. Tomorrow we'll have the last session and decide what will be the starting XI and then after that who can be the finishers."