Sunderland boss Bruce prepared to cash in on Jones

Sunderland boss Steve Bruce says only a cash offer will land striker Kenwyne Jones.

Bruce has attacked Liverpool over claims they want to take the Trinidad & Tobago international on-loan this month.

But he went on to say: “Kenwyne must think I’m desperate to ship him out.

“I’m not, I’m desperately not. I try to be honest — everybody in football has a price, whether you are Cristiano Ronaldo or Kaká or Kenwyne Jones, but I’m going to have speak to him before we play Portsmouth because he must believe I want to show him the door. This constant badgering of Kenwyne has unsettled the boy.

“I would find it very difficult to sell Kenwyne now with one week to go in the window and the one thing I am not going to do is jeopardise the future of the club. Kenwyne has a big part to play in that future. If Liverpool are going to come with a ridiculous amount of money, then who knows?”