Sunderland sporting director Kristjaan Speakman intends to keep top players at the Stadium of Light but refused to be drawn into specifics, amid recent links between Leeds United and Trai Hume. Leeds emerged as one of several teams to hold an interest in Hume last month, with The Belfast Telegraph naming them alongside Aston Villa, Bournemouth, Leicester City and Napoli as ‘admirers’.
As I've said before, I'd much rather get loads of interest in our talented players than be struggling to name talented players in our group. So, I don't want to go into the individual ins and outs because those things always can chop and change. But I can reiterate our strategy, and our intent is to retain our top talent.