Has Chris Coleman just ruled out reported double-swoop for Sunderland?

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Sunderland were linked with Liverpool pair Danny Ward and Ben Woodburn.

Chris Coleman may have suggested to the Sunderland Echo that his reported double-swoop for Liverpool duo Ben Woodburn and Danny Ward won’t be happening in January.

The Sun reported that Woodburn and Ward are on Sunderland’s transfer wishlist for the upcoming transfer window.

However, Coleman insists that none of his former Wales players are on his shortlist as things stand.

“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,” Coleman said.

“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. 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.”

Sunderland will surely want to be active in the January transfer window, but Coleman has already confirmed that he won’t have much money to spend.

Sunderland may have to look towards the loan market in the January transfer window.

Ward and Woodburn could be made available for temporary deals by Liverpool, but it seems that Coleman is eyeing up other targets.

Coleman has already made an impact at the Stadium of Light, and has guided the North East side to just their second league victory of the season.

Sunderland beat Burton Albion in midweek to move off the bottom of the Championship table.