Sunderland boss David Moyes has confirmed that the club has rejected a bid from Crystal Palace for full-back Patrick van Aanholt.
Palace reportedly tabled an offer in the region of £7 million for the Dutchman, who worked with manager Sam Allardyce during his time on Wearside last season. However, the Black Cats are in no mood to do business.
Asked if a bid had been turned down, Moyes replied: "Yes, that's correct. We have actually had a few bids for quite a lot of our players because we have got some good players here and maybe people think we could be easy pickings.