Johnson set for cup bow with Sunderland

Adam Johnson will make his Sunderland debut against League Two Morecambe tomorrow night as manager Martin O’Neill launches a new phase of his mission on Wearside.

The 25-year-old England winger, who joined the club from Manchester City in a move understood to have cost them around £12m on Friday, signed too late to have been involved in Saturday’s Barclays Premier League clash with Reading had it gone ahead.