Dozens of staff at Sunderland fear their jobs are at risk with redundancies on the horizon as part of a cost-cutting downsizing following a review of the business.
Sportsmail understands that all workers based at the Stadium of Light and at the club's training ground, the Academy of Light, were called in to see chief executive Martin Bain on Tuesday morning.
They were told that redundancies were on the way and that, should they wish to seek voluntary redundancy, Sunderland would not object.
Sunderland say they are 'undertaking a realignment of its organisational structure' following a review of operations.