England international Tom Huddlestone is Sunderland’s main target for the midfield role, but he won’t come cheap, with Tottenham placing a £5m asking price on the 26-year-old earlier this summer before the Black Cats broke off negotiations.
Sunderland are NOT reliant on further sales before making further purchases though.
Sunderland still have several high wage earners who they are looking offload; the likes of Phil Bardsley, Lee Cattermole and David Vaughan.