Black Cats closer to getting claws into United duo Brown and O’Shea

MANCHESTER UNITED defender Wes Brown was having a medical at Sunderland last night as manager Steve Bruce edged closer to another summer signing — and he could be closely followed by Ireland’s John O’Shea.

Brown, 31, travelled to Wearside yesterday and will have the checks with a view to completing his move today.

The Black Cats had a joint bid of more than £12m (€13.2m) for Brown and United team-mates John O’Shea and Darron Gibson accepted last month and have been working on the proposed deals ever since.