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Moyes demands more from forwards
- Updated: December 30, 2016
Sunderland boss David Moyes is convinced the team can move clear of relegation trouble if his strikers can replicate the form of Jermain Defoe.
Defoe’s eight goals to date this season have helped to get the Black Cats back in touch with the race for survival, but until Fabio Borini struck at Manchester United on Boxing Day, only fellow striker Victor Anichebe and defensive duo Patrick van Aanholt and Robert Huth had found the back of the net in the Premier League this season.
Sunderland insist they will not allow Defoe to leave if any offers come in for the 34-year-old in January, with West Ham boss Slaven Bilic having made little secret of his admiration of the player.
But Moyes is looking for the likes of Adnan Januzaj, Anichebe, and Borini, who …