Sunderland boss David Moyes 禁止（する）s 伝統的な Christmas night out in favour of time with WAGs

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David Moyes?has banned a boozy boys night out for his Sunderland players this Christmas - and instead wants them to 伴う／関わる their wives and girlfriends.

The 黒人／ボイコット Cats are 現在／一般に 底（に届く） of the 首相 League に引き続いて Saturday’s 3-0 敗北・負かす at Swansea.

And Moyes is keen to keep his 傷害-攻撃する，衝突する squad fresh and 焦点（を合わせる）d ahead of the festive fixtures, when the former Manchester 部隊d 経営者／支配人 will return to Old Trafford for the first time on ボクシング Day before travelling to Burnley on New Year’s Eve.

Sunderland 経営者／支配人 David Moyes (権利) 会談 to his assistant Paul Bracewell on Monday

Sunderland players jog during the 開会／開廷／会期 at?The 学院 of Light on Monday

The Scot is also aware of how it could be perceived の中で the club's 支持者s were his players to be pictured out on the town given their predicament at the foot of the （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する.

Rather than 捨てる all 計画（する）s for a Christmas get-together, however, we understand that Moyes has 示唆するd they enjoy a night out in the North-East with their partners in 牽引する.

経営者／支配人s are often keen to keep the WAGs at a distance but Moyes hopes their presence will make it a low-重要な family 事件／事情／状勢, rather than 許すing his team to を回避する abroad or to another UK city for a lads get-away.

Sunderland had won three from four before the 週末 but the Swansea loss has left them two points from safety with league leaders Chelsea the 訪問者s to the Stadium of Light on Wednesday night.

Moyes' team sit two points from safety after 敗北・負かす to Swansea at the 週末

And Moyes said: ‘We’re 支援する on the 底（に届く） but we’ve been there for most of it so it’s not something new to us.

‘But we aren’t 支援する at square one, because we’ve got ourselves 支援する in with a fighting chance and a few weeks ago (after two points from 10 games) we didn’t have that. So we will 小衝突 ourselves 負かす／撃墜する and get on with what’s next, which is a busy week.’

Moyes also has one 注目する，もくろむ on January and will be を締めるing himself for 利益／興味 in defender Lamine Kone, who had tried to 軍隊 through a move to Everton in the summer before 調印 a new five-year 契約 in September.

Sportsmail understands that the Ivorian’s 代表者／国会議員s are still keen to move their player on in the New Year and West Ham are 準備するing an £18million 申し込む／申し出.