Sunderland withdraw Crouch offer

Published : 21 Jul 2009 11:52:19Rss feed

Sunderland have dropped their interest in Portsmouth's Peter Crouch.The Black Cats had agreed a £12m fee with Pompey, plus personal terms with the 27-year-old England striker. However, the offer was withdrawn after Crouch indicated that he would prefer to remain in the south of England rather than move to the north east. "Naturally this is hugely disappointing for us as Peter was one of our primary targets," Sunderland manager Steve Bruce told his club website. "I know he was impress.... read more