Sunderland: Gareth Bale to the Stadium of Light? Chris Coleman discusses ‘loan’ hope
CHRIS COLEMAN would love to bring Gareth Bale to Sunderland - but admits he probably won't have two pennies to rub together in the transfer window.
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Coleman got the best out of Bale during his spell as Wales manager and joked that a loan move for the Real Madrid forward in January would be ideal.
"Maybe we can get him on loan!” Coleman joked.
“January is coming and it will be interesting to see if we can get one or two new faces in which we will look to do like most clubs do.
“Hopefully we won't lose too many but it could be an active window in January.”
Coleman, appointed as Simon Grayson’s successor earlier this month, has limited scope for manoeuvre and will likely have to look to the loan market.
“Martin [Bain, chief executive] was brutally honest with me and said there is no money guaranteed for January,” he said.
“Depending on if we do lose a player or receive money for a player or players, then it's very possible that we can reinvest but that's not to say there's not going to be nothing either.
Maybe we can get him on loan!
“I wasn't promised a transfer kitty in January to go and buy A, B and C.
“He was brutally honest with me - there may be no money in January to go and reinvest but that doesn't mean we can't go and strengthen the squad with some loan deals.
“I’m OK with that - as long as there's transparency. The worst thing you can do is lie to the supporters and say there's money if there's not.
“I came here on the understanding that January, there's possibly not any money to invest in the squad.
“I know where I stand but that's not to say something couldn't happen.”
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Sunderland have been linked with loan moves for Liverpool’s Welsh duo Danny Ward and Ben Woodburn but Coleman appeared to shoot down his interest.
“I think if we did sign any of the players who have represented Wales, certainly in my time, I don't think we'd be disappointed,” he said.
“Definitely not in terms of their mentality and attitude. That was the biggest thing for me, they were absolutely fantastic players to work with.
“But there's a lot of players out there and I'll only bring players here who I obviously think can fit into what I want to do.
“The Welsh link is always going to be there because we had great success but I can't say there's any of them on my radar at the moment.”
