Source: SKY_Sports
No loan deal for Stokes
Sunderland have informed Hibernian they have no intention of allowing striker Anthony Stokes to leave the club on loan.
The Irishman has been heavily linked with a year-long switch to SPL side Hibs having failed to ever establish himself at the Stadium of Light.
New Hibs boss John Hughes is an admirer of the 20-year-old Dubliner having had him on loan at former club Falkirk - where he scored 16 goals in 18 appearances.
Black Cats boss Steve Bruce is only interested in sanctioning a permanent sale for a player who spent spells last season with Sheffield United and Crystal Palace.
Stokes, a full Republic of Ireland international, arrived at Sunderland in a £2million switch from Arsenal in January 2007.
However, he has managed only five goals in 38 appearances, 22 of them as a substitute, for the Black Cats and found himself behind Kenwyne Jones, Djibril Cisse, Daryl Murphy and David Healy in the pecking order last season.
