Sbragia rubbishes Jones link
08 Jan 2009 - 12:11:43
Sunderland manager Ricky Sbragia has laughed off rumours that striker Kenwyne Jones could be leaving for Aston Villa in a £5million deal.
The 24-year-old has scored six goals for the Black Cats this season and Sbragia says only a massive offer would tempt him to part with the Trinidad & Tobago international.
He told the Sunderland Echo: "I've had no bids for Kenwyne Jones, in fact no bids for anyone as things stand.
"When you look at some of these stories, they're hard to take in. Us losing Kenwyne like that would be comparable to Villa losing Ashley Young for a song.
"It's just not going to happen. You'd be better off just packing your bags and leaving, if you were going to let your top players just walk out of the door for next to nothing.
"If you look at the prices of Dimitar Berbatov going to Manchester United and Jermaine Defoe going to Tottenham Hotspur and the sort of prices they are commanding, well, I certainly wouldn't value Kenwyne at £5million.
"Kenwyne has made a big contribution to us already this season and we're just looking at bringing him on all the time."