Sunderland have no plans to groundshare at the Stadium of Light with arch-rivals Newcastle United as the Magpies continue to look at ways they can redevelop St. James' Park.

Chronicle Live sources on Tyneside have also rubbished the claims with the club fully focused on their stadium project in 2025. As we reported today, Newcastle chiefs have had two capacities put to them, one at St James' Park and one on a site away from Barrack Road.

It means that the likelihood is Newcastle would work around their ground improvements if they choose to stay and would have a home to play at while a possible new stadium is built. COO Brad Miller has already spoken about not stretching the "elastic band" too far.

And the former Manchester Airport supremo even laughed off talk of a possible switch to Murrayfield if St James' Park needed to be rebuilt. Miller told fans at a talk-in at the STACK last year that commercial chief Peter Silverstone, a proud Scotsman, had quipped about a temporary switch to Edinburgh!

The Saudi-Arabian majority owned Magpies are reportedly set to make a decision by mid-March regarding the future at their current home ground. Newcastle are exploring whether or not to redevelop St James' and create a 65,000 seater stadium, or potentially move to a brand new state of the art ground somewhere else in the city.

A report from the Guardian claimed the Magpies would likely need to groundshare with the Black Cats while a potential rebuild takes place. The report said: "By mid-March the majority Saudi Arabian-owned club are expected to have finally announced a long-awaited decision as to whether or not they plan on spending around £1bn on rebuilding St James' Park with an increased 65,000 capacity. The alternative is to invest three times that sum and construct a new, potentially matchday-revenue doubling, 75,000-capacity stadium elsewhere in the city.

"Either option will almost certainly prompt months of planning wrangles, not to mention the likely need to share the Stadium of Light with Sunderland while a potential rebuild takes place. That would be unpopular in some quarters but there seems no realistic alternative."

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However, ChronicleLive understands it's not something currently being discussed by the two clubs, with Sunderland vying for a return to the Premier League. Regis Le Bris' side are currently fourth in the Championship, just three points off the summit and promotion would mean the two arch-rivals would lock horns once again.

The last outing between the two clubs was just over 12 months ago in the FA Cup, with Eddie Howe's side running out 3-0 winners at the Stadium of Light. Around 6,000 Newcastle fans attended the game, with Sunderland handing over the entire north side of the stadium.

There was controversy around the allocation given to the Magpies, with Black Cats Bar also decorated in Newcastle colours, much to the annoyance of the red and white faithful. Sunderland owner Kyril Louis-Dreyfus apologised for the incident in January last year.