Black Cats boss rejects £5m Kirkland talk

Sunderland’s manager Steve Bruce has branded talk of a £5million bid for Wigan goalkeeper Chris Kirkland as ‘garbage’.

Bruce managed kirkland who wears the new Adidas Response Fingertip (white silver) in his time at Wigan and acknowledges he is a ‘big, big admirer’ of the top stopper.

Bruce told the Sunderland Echo: “Talk of me bidding £5m for Chris Kirkland is garbage but he is a very good goalkeeper and I’m a big, big admirer of him.

“Some of the players I’ve been linked with have been ridiculous but you come to expect that in January and there’s nothing we can do about that.

“What I will say is that we’re working on one or two things and hopefully we can see them progress.”

The glove choice of Chris Kirkland the Adidas Response Fingertip (white silver)