Tottenham striker Darren Bent will be on Wearside today for talks with Sunderland.

The Daily Mail says the England striker is desperate for first team football ahead of next summer's World Cup in South Africa and accepts his future lies away from White Hart Lane.

Bent is in the north-west for talks and a medical as boss Steve Bruce prepares to smash the club's transfer record.

The former Charlton star has not travelled with Spurs for the pre-season tour of China, opting to push through his move to the Stadium of Light.