Danny Graham News

Sunderland manager Paolo Di Canio is already turning his thoughts to next season, and ITV Sport understands priority number one is to acquire a new striker for the club.

MICHU ended a season-long stream of plaudits by bagging The Evening Post Supporters' Player of the Year trophy at Swansea City's annual awards bash last night.

Morgan Schneiderlin, who was a doubt for the visitors, starts in midfield. Maya Yoshida, who also looked unlikely to be able to take part in the fixture, finds himself on the bench whilst Emmanuel Mayuka has made the squad after spending the week in Zambia following the death of his father.

The only negative for the hosts was another blank night for striker Graham, who has now failed to score in his 11 appearances for the Black Cats since joining in a A 5m move from Swansea at the end of January.

Here are the teams. It's a big night for Adam Johnson, playing as the No10 in the absence of Sessegnon.

PAOLO Di Canio has claimed Danny Graham was not fit when he took charge at Sunderland - and says he was not sure if the former Swansea City man could play football.

Whether Paolo Di Canio is the long-term answer to Sunderland's quest for Premier League consistency is open for debate but he's most definitely a man his players can rally around over the closing weeks of the season.

STEPHANE SESSEGNON has become the forgotten man at the Stadium of Light - on the orders of manager Paolo Di Canio.

Zola's Watford will be left with just 14 players next season... even if they make it to the Premier League Watford will pose Premier League chiefs a unique problem if they clinch promotion as a transfer embargo bans them from making signings until August 31.

The Newcastle-born striker tweeted to his thousands of followers after the Wearsider's 6-1 defeat away to Aston Villa on Monday.

Avoiding relegation is tricky when you've got ailing centre-halves, dressing-room fissures and the FA Cup final to negotiate The Wigan manager Roberto MartA nez is likely to have suffered the odd nightmare revolving around the FA Cup final.

The Belgian attacking midfielder wants to erase the ignominious memories of Chelsea's cup exit with a Premier League win as he looks toward the Champions League Chelsea attacking midfielder Eden Hazard has admitted that he wants "revenge" against Swansea City on Sunday after they knocked the Blues out of the Capital One Cup earlier in the season.

I don't see any problem' Mark Clattenburg will referee his first game at Chelsea since being alleged to have made a racist remark to Mikel John Obi in November.

ON Swansea City's last trip to Stamford Bridge, the locals jeered the Chelsea chairman and then ripped into their own manager.

LEON Britton hopes there will be tension in the air at Chelsea this weekend as Swansea City go in search of another success at Stamford Bridge.

But the 5million striker hopes the Paolo Di Canio effect will help him fire the Black Cats to safety to end the season on a high.

City sold Danny Graham to Sunderland in January, leaving Luke Moore and the on-loan Itay Shechter as the only recognised forwards in their squad.