Newcastle and Sunderland in fight for West Brom star
Published 22:45 20/02/10 By Brian McNally
Tyne-Wear rivals Newcastle United and Sunderland are set to do battle this summer in a multi-club chase for West Brom’s highly-rated midfielder Graham Dorrans.
Both Toon boss Chris Houghton and his Black Cats counterpart have been impressed by the young Scottish international since his move from Livingston to the Hawthorns in 2008.
But the North-East duo will face stiff competition, with Manchester City checking out the 22-year-old against Scunthorpe recently.
There is also interest from Celtic, whose manager Tony Mowbray lured Dorrans south of the border for just £100,000 when he was Baggies boss.
Aston Villa and Birmingham have also been running the rule over the Scot, who won his first full international cap against Japan last November,
Meanwhile, Middlesbrough will have to fork out about £2million if they want to land Scotland centre-back Stephen McManus on a permanent deal from Celtic.
