Source: Daily_Mail
Sunderland boss Steve Bruce: We started Hull's demise by swooping for Michael Turner
[LNB]Sunderland star: Michael Turner[LNB]Sunderland managerSteve Bruce coulddeliver the knock-outblow and relegate HullCity this afternoon and he claims signingMichael Turner fromthe troubled Yorkshireclub was the start ofthe Tigers' decline. [LNB]Turner was signed in a£4million cash deal justfour games into thisBarclays PremierLeague season afterplaying a key role inHull's survival last year. [LNB]Bruce said: 'We got himafter they playedWolves and hesingle-handedly gotthem a point that day. [LNB]'We got him because oftheir dire financialsituation, sitting therewaiting like a bigvulture when the issueat Hull was coming tolight. [LNB]'I am sure if they hadnot sold him they wouldbe in a better positionbecause he has beenterrific for us. [LNB]'Hull gave him hischance. He made a fistof it in their first yearand was one of thereasons they stayed up.'[LNB] HULL v Sunderland: Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink absent but Anthony Gardner returns Hull v SUNDERLAND: Skipper Lorik Cana set to return for Humberside trip THE LIST: Sportsmail's 50 English flops of the season - The top 10 [LNB]
