If that is fact, then I would have expected one of the clubs to have announced that a fee had been agreed. However, I think that it's untrue, and more a case of hope on the Sunderland forum
If he doesn't go to Sunderland then I can see him staying until the summer, and then who knows. And by that I mean, he'll not go elsewhere if it's not Sunderland.
Presuming he stays, then I think it'll take 2 good tackles from him and he'll have the fans back on side.
However, I still think...