Sunderland want Bridge
Sunderland will sound out Wayne Bridge over a potential return to the Premier League.
The Reading full-back has been ready to consider retirement when his deal expires at the end of the season. But Gus Poyet is keen to add an experienced left-back to his ranks and is trying to come up with an offer to tempt him away from the Madejski Stadium.
Bridge, 33, is understood to have some reservations about moving north, though, as fiancee Frankie Sandford has recently given birth to their first child