WIGAN manager Chris Hutchings has rejected another offer
from Sunderland for full- back Leighton Baines.
The 22-year-old left-back is one of a number of players to have
been linked with the Wearsiders as they prepare for their return to
the Barclays Premier League.
But Hutchings, who has clinched the signing of Jason Koumas, wants
to keep the former trainee in order to improve on the club's narrow
scrape with relegation last season.
Hutchings, preparing for his first season in charge after
succeeding Paul Jewell, said: "I have told Roy Keane that Leighton
is not for sale. He is part of this club.
"Everyone does have a price but I am happy to keep him as I am
building a team."
