Balde rejected Sunderland loan

Celtic defender Bobo Balde has revealed he turned down the chance of a three-month spell at Sunderland.

The 32-year-old, who has found himself out of the first-team picture at Parkhead and seems destined to leave, revealed Black Cats boss Roy Keane, whose interest in him was well known, tried to land him on a short-term deal in August.