Sunderland boss Ricky Sbragia is determined to keep the club's star players.
"We want to progress and the only way we are going to progress is by keeping our best players," said the Scot.
"Then we have got to get to that situation where we need to bring in better quality, spend some money and bring in better quality during the summer.
"I don't think we are here to produce players for other clubs in the Premier League."