Sunderland midfielder joins until the end of the season

Micky Adams has swooped in to add 21-year-old Sunderland midfielder Billy Knott to the squad until the end of the season.

The player will not be eligible to play in the FA Cup fourth round tie against Brighton & Hove Albion this weekend after playing in the competition during a loan spell with League Two Wycombe Wanderers this season.

Knott joined the Chairboys back in August and has played in 20 games for the Buckinghamshire outfit, making his last appearance in a 3-0 home defeat to AFC Wimbledon at the beginning of this month.

In 2012 Knott played in twenty games whilst on loan with Wimbledon and last season played a further 20 times for Woking, scoring 8 goals.