Bruce targets Turner

Tigers defender subject of interest from Sunderland

Last updated: 27th August 2009  

Bruce targets Turner

Turner: Sunderland target

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Sunderland boss Steve Bruce has confirmed the club have made an enquiry for Hull City defender Michael Turner.

Bruce is looking to bolster his defensive options before the close of the transfer window and has targeted a move for Hull stopper Turner.

Turner's future at Hull has been the subject of speculation this summer with Liverpool credited with an interest in the former Brentford man.

Reports have suggested Sunderland have tabled a £6million bid for Turner and Bruce has admitted he is interested in the 25-year-old.

He said: "It is difficult to talk about individual players. We have registered an interest in the boy [Turner], but that's as far as it's gone as I am aware at the moment."

Bruce is hoping to finally get the green light to seal a deal for Lyon defender John Mensah.

Mensah is poised to join Sunderland on a season-long loan deal and Bruce admits they are waiting on a visa for the Ghana international before Mensah makes the move to the Stadium of Light.

"We are further along with it and we don't envisage a problem," added Bruce. "We are just waiting on the British Embassy in Paris to stamp his visa and once he gets his visa he can get into the country."

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Keith Nicholls (Hull City fan) says...

We are supposed to be building a club,as are sunderland,so why are we even thinking of selling our best player.Turner is the foundation on which the team is built.Without him our defence will leak goals,& we would not have picked up a point from wolves he saved a certain goal in the last minute of the game, How many points is he worth in a season?.

Posted 12:24 30th August 2009

Robert Johnson (Hull City fan) says...

Why would Bruce want Turner as he told Campbell we were a little club with no future??

Posted 21:29 28th August 2009

Conal Mahon (Sunderland fan) says...

Turner is well worth the money Hull will get for him.SUNDERLAND are a well established club in the PREMIERSHIP. Compared to hull and it would by a good move for Turner.Daryl murphy and nyron Nosworthy along with 6M is a good price TURNER!!!considering murphy was 1 of phil browns pre-season targets.

Posted 17:14 28th August 2009

Dave Harrison (Tottenham Hotspur fan) says...

Too good for Sunderland. :-) We've signed Marseille's captain, an England international striker and the captain of Paraguay yet Michael Turner of Hull City is too good for us. No thank you, I'd have prefered Robert Huth.

Posted 16:19 28th August 2009

Darron Fowler (Hull City fan) says...

Turner is far to good for sunderland !!!! 6m you must be having a joke ???? Turner is a future ENGLAND player and way and above sunderland !!! He will go in january but to a bigger club for 10m+

Posted 15:34 28th August 2009

Mark Ginger (Brentford fan) says...

Good news for Brentford as we must have asell-on clause

Posted 20:14 27th August 2009
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