Source: PA
Every player has a price - Bruce
Sunderland boss Steve Bruce is dreading the day another club makes him an offer he cannot refuse for England midfielder Jordan Henderson.
The 20-year-old has been linked with a move away from the Stadium of Light - rumours were circulating a deal has already been struck - since emerging as one of the most promising talents in the country under Bruce last season.
The speculation has grown in intensity since he won his first senior international cap in November last year, despite a recent dip in form with injuries in the Black Cats squad piling the pressure on the local boy.
However, Bruce insists his immediate future remains at Sunderland rather than sitting on a bench packed with millionaires itching to play for one of English football's wealthier clubs.
Bruce said: "I have said all along every player, whether you are [Cristiano] Ronaldo or you are Wayne Rooney, you have your price. As managers, we manage the team, of course we do, we have an input with the people who employ us but we all know that it's part of football.
"For me, the great thing with Jordan is his father and Jordan himself are level-headed enough to realise and they understand that the worst thing that could happen to Jordan is he goes for big, huge money and he doesn't play for 18 months and sits on the bench."
