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.

Black Cats closer to getting claws into United duo Brown and 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.

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