Sunderland’s first-team squad will embark on a winter training camp this November.
Following the Lads’ Friday night fixture away to Birmingham City, there will be a three-week pause in the Sky Bet Championship season for the FIFA World Cup.
Mowbray and the senior squad will travel to the UAE during that period, as the team undertake a week-long warm-weather training camp in Dubai.
Following a successful start to life back in the second tier, the trip will prime the squad for a busy festive schedule and provide an opportunity for the team to bond further as a group.
“After the Birmingham game, the team will have a week’s break to spend time with their families and relax before we go to Dubai for a training camp,” explained the Head Coach.
“We will be training a lot, but the group have worked incredibly hard this season following promotion and they will also have the opportunity to spend time together.”
He continued: “It’s really important to develop relationships, especially the lads who joined us six to eight weeks ago, and the trip allows us to do that 24 hours a day.
“There will be other benefits, including key players coming back to fitness – we will potentially have Aji, [Alese], Dan [Ballard], Lynden [Gooch] and Ross [Stewart] available.
“Following the trip, we will have a full week’s training in preparation for Millwall at the start of December when we reboot our season.”