Sunderland sporting director Kristjaan Speakman may have foresaw the club’s struggles to hire a manager. Sunderland have now been without a permanent manager in place for more than four months. Michael Beale was sacked from his position after just 12 games on February 19th, with the Black Cats then going on to win just twice under interim boss Mike Dodds. Since the end of the season, Sunderland have been linked with a number of potential new managers, but the club remains without one. Will Still looked poised to become the next Sunderland manager; he pulled out of the running and soon took the…