Sunderland boss Roy Keane is ready to send midfielder Carlos Edwards and striker Anthony Stokes away on-loan.

"There has been interest in Carlos and I'll have a chat with him over the next few days," said the Black Cats manager. "I've had no calls about Stokesy, but I'm open-minded with some of the players on the fringes and if a club wants to ring up and ask about Stokesy, we'll have a chat. But he's keeping his head down and he's working hard.

"I think it would have helped if he'd been away with Ireland Under-21s recently.

"I think he would have benefited from that because he needs games, so it was a disappointment (he wasn't called up)."