The transfer request should work in our favour as other teams may well become interested, possibly forcing Sunderland to come up with a sensible offer sooner rather than later.
Liam's work here is done in my opinion. I hope gets a good move, we get a good price, we can then look to develop Ince...
I may be out of line here, but I would be disappointed if we didn't cash in on Bridcutt at this time, provided we got a reasonable fee (around £3-3.5m imo). Thanks to the emergence of Ince, Crofts impressive showing and the addition of Andrews and Agustien et al Liam is no longer the be all and...