Sunderland boss Gus Poyet is keen to secure Connor Wickham to new terms.

He hopes the club press ahead with Wickham's contract talks.

The 21-year-old's deal expires at the end of the season and he is free to talk to foreign clubs from January.

But Poyet said: "Wickham's contract is something we are working on - hard."

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