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- Updated: August 19, 2016
Sunderland defender Lamine Kone has turned down the club’s offer of a new contract.
Kone, who has impressed since joining Sunderland from Lorient midway through last season, was the subject of an £18m bid from Everton earlier this month.
The Black Cats are keen to keep the 27-year-old on Wearside, though, and had offered him a new deal, which he has now snubbed.
Sunderland manager David Moyes also revealed the Ivory Coast international reported to training on Friday with a bad back, which will rule him out of Sunday’s game against Middlesbrough, live on Sky Sports 1.
“We want to keep him. We made him a contract offer this week, which at this point in time he’s refused,” Moyes said in Friday’s press conference.
“I hope he will still be here. He’s …
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