Sunderland remain determined to sell Emanuele Giaccherini.
The Sunderland Echo says Sunderland are under pressure to offload Santiago Vergini and half-a-dozen of his team-mates – Giaccherini, Charis Mavrias, Will Buckley, Liam Bridcutt, Jordi Gomez and Adam Matthews – who will return to the Stadium of Light after loan spells elsewhere.
None have a future at Sunderland.
Manager Sam Allardyce needs to offload them to bring down the cost of a wage bill which was the 10th highest in the Premier League last season.