Dick Advocaat clearly looks delighted to be staying on at Sunderland (Picture: Reuters)

Mrs Advocaat is clearly a popular figure on Wearside at the moment.

The wife of Sunderland manager Dick Advocaat has allowed her husband to shelve plans to retire from the game and perform a dramatic U-turn, with the Dutchman having previously declined the offer to stay on at the Stadium of Light in order to spend more time with the love of his life.

Appointed on an interim basis earlier this year, the former Holland, PSV Eindhoven and Rangers boss guided the Mackems to safety with a game to spare

And his efforts yielded Advocaat, 67, the offer of a full-time contract to stay in the north east.




Advocaat had initially said no – only to change his mind and sign a one-year deal, probably having talked the move over with his better half.

Money well spent (Picture: GoFundMe.com)

And delighted Black Cats fans are clearly an appreciative bunch, so much so that an online page set up to raise £150 to buy the good lady some flowers as a token of their gratitude has already raised more than 10 times the suggested amount.

You can only hope Mrs Advocaat has enough vases.

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