Sunderland boss Steve Bruce has reportedly agreed a fee of
£5million with Manchester United for England Under-21 striker
Fraizer Campbell.
United have also accepted a bid from Hull City, but Campbell is
expected to head for the North-East to undergo a medical and
discuss personal terms as Bruce steps up his efforts to strengthen
the squad he inherited from Ricky Sbragia at the Stadium of
Light.
The Huddersfield-born 21-year-old has made just four senior
appearances for United, but impressed during a loan spell at Hull
during the 2007-08 season, when he scored 15 goals in 37
appearances.
He spent much of last season at Tottenham after joining the club
on a temporary basis as part of the deal which took Dimitar
Berbatov in the opposite direction.
The former United trainee made 22 appearances, 13 of them as a
substitute, and scored three goals during his spell at White Hart
Lane.
Bruce has been targeting strikers throughout the summer after
the Black Cats decided not to take up an option on Djibril
Cisse.
He is understood to have tabled an offer in the region of
£11million for Portsmouth's England international Peter Crouch, and
the Wearsiders have a long-standing interest in Spurs marksman
Darren Bent, although it remains to be seen whether or not they are
prepared to meet Harry Redknapp's asking price for the player -
believed to be £16million.
