Giovanni Trapattoni initially promoted 28 - year - old Westwood to be Shay Given 's successor .
Westwood was later demoted after losing Westwood 's place in the Black Cats team to Simon Mignolet .
Giovanni Trapattoni initially promoted 28 - year - old Westwood to be Shay Given 's successor but he was later demoted after losing his place in the Black Cats team to Simon Mignolet .