Former Newcastle United boss Joe Kinnear has slammed Sunderland manager Steve Bruce.
Kinnear was unhappy with Bruce's comments yesterday about a failed bid for Andy Carroll. Bruce claimed Wigan offered £2.5m for the then-Newcastle striker, but were quoted £4.5m.
"The only conversation I had with him (Bruce) was over N'Zogbia," Kinnear insisted to The Journal. "He said he phoned me on the Monday. I never had a conversation with any manager about Andy Carroll.
"Andy Carroll was a kid I'd given his debut to. Him and Shola Ameobi were going to be my strikers.
"Mike Ashley and Derek Llambias had no intentions of selling him at any stage.
"When Chrissy Hughton put him in the team Andy was able to step down a level and did fantastically well. Whether he is trying to talk himself up or not, I don't know. But to say he only offered £2.5m, it makes him look stupid.
"For me to let Andy go to Wigan, he would have had to sell his entire team, and then you would have had to pay Andy a fortune just to go to Wigan.
"I think Andy had bigger options in his head even then."
