Kristjaan Speakman has outlined Sunderland's transfer stance this summer, as the club expects to face Premier League offers for several key players.
STRONG RECORD
"I think it's really difficult to predict what will happen through the summer. I think all I can say on player retention is that we've had a really strong record on that. Obviously, it was fantastic news with young Chris [Rigg] signing this week, I think that endorses and echoes everything we've been saying previously, and like I said, we'll just take every piece of interest or every discussion that happens along the way for what it is at that point in time."
CAN'T RULE IT OUT
"It's really, really difficult to predict, and I appreciate from a supporter's perspective, you want some certainty. I think the danger with the transfer window is it's always an uncertain period, but our intent and our objective has always been to retain our talent."
JOBE PRESS
"On Jobe, I can't comment on the press stuff because I don't really read it. I don't really have too much knowledge of what's out there, but he's one a number of talented players we've got, and the backhanded compliment of having a talented group is there's going to be constant interest. But as I've said before, I'd much rather get loads of interest on our talented players than be struggling to name talented players in our group. So, I don't want to go into the individual ins and outs because those things always can chop and change. But as I said, I can reiterate our strategy and our intent is to retain our top talent."
