Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner is at the centre of a Northeast battle.
The People says Sunderland and Newcastle United were represented when the 23-year-old striker played the first half of Denmark's friendly with Scotland at Hampden on Wednesday.
Arsenal are asking £14million for Bendtner but Newcastle have only offered £9m.
And Black Cats boss Steve Bruce is confident he can win the battle for Bendtner just like he did with fellow Scandinavian Seb Larsson.
Both Larsson and Bendtner had a loan spell from Arsenal with Birmingham City when Bruce was in charge at St Andrews.
And Bendtner would love to link up with him again at the Stadium of Light even if it means taking a drop in his £50,000-a-week wages.
