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DWIGHT YORKE could end up at Newcastle next season after being released by Sunderland.
However, the veteran Trinidad and Tobago midfielder will not be moving to Tyneside - he is wanted by Australian A-League side Newcastle Jets.
Yorke, who turns 38 in November, left the Stadium of Light this summer when his contract ran out, ending his three-year stint on Wearside.
DWIGHT Yorke has emerged as the biggest casualty of a cull of Sunderland fringe men following the club's flirt with relegation from the Premier League.
The veteran midfielder was one of seven out-of-contract players released by the managerless Black Cats yesterday, heading a list that was compiled by former boss Ricky Sbragia before he jetted off to Australia on holiday.
And, as Sunderland continue their preparations for next season, there were claims last night that the club has been given permission to speak to number one managerial target Steve Bruce.
SUNDERLAND are set to recall Dwight Yorke in the hope he can give them the mental edge in a crucial game between two teams bereft of confidence.
Ricky Sbragia is yet to finalise his team to host Manchester United on Saturday but Yorke looks set to figure as he aims to address a run of six games without a win.
The last of Yorke's six Premier League appearances this season was in December. Having slipped into the background while things were going well, he is ready to step up in the side's hour of need.
RICKY Sbragia has lifted the fear of failure from the Sunderland players' shoulders, but Dwight Yorke believes the biggest measure of the new manager's success will be when his squad stop calling him "Rick".
Although Sbragia is very different in personality and profile to his predecessor, Roy Keane, Yorke thinks the practical changes since the Scot took control at the Academy of Light have only been minor.
AUSTRALIAN League side Newcastle Jets were last night hoping to persuade Dwight Yorke to effectively end his Sunderland career as El-Hadji Diouf and Pascal Chimbonda played to prolong theirs.
As the out-of-favour summer signings were turning out for the Black Cats' reserves against Sheffield United, the Jets were waiting for news on Yorke's future.
Owner Con Constantine revealed the Jets have been in discussions with the 37-year-old about a temporary deal to return to the league where he played before joining Sunderland.
ROY Keane has effectively ruled Dwight Yorke out of contention for Sunderland's trip to Fulham after his international exertions - claiming the veteran midfielder will not be able to cope with the rigours of a fourth start in a fortnight.
The 36-year-old only arrived back at Sunderland's training ground this morning after playing his second full game in five days for Trinidad & Tobago on Wednesday night.
Yorke made a vital contribution to his country's 2-1 victory over the United States, scoring the penalty that kept their hopes of World Cup qualification alive - but it appears to have been to the detriment of his club career.
WHEN Dwight Yorke arrived at Sunderland, we got our first player ever to have won the Champions League.
When Pascal Chimbonda arrived, we got our first player ever to wear gloves and tights in August.
But who'd've thought we'd get our first ever player to present a MOBO award?
Well, that has now happened thanks to Djibril Cisse, who handed out the Best Hip Hop Act gong at the ceremony this week. Rumour has it Sean Thornton is gutted he didn't win it.
DWIGHT Yorke will risk sparking another club versus country row when he starts his third game in seven days for Trinidad & Tobago tomorrow night - just a fortnight after Sunderland boss Roy Keane said his veteran midfielder needed to be handled with care.
After playing a full 90 minutes over the weekend Yorke is in line to start for the Soca Warriors in their crucial World Cup qualifier against the United States in Port of Spain, a game that has taken on heightened significance after their 0-0 draw in Guatemala.
DWIGHT YORKE insists his Sunderland midfield colleague Grant Leadbitter can have a big future in the Premier League.
Leadbitter, 22, replaced Yorke in the 1-1 draw with Arsenal last week, and almost won the game with a superbly-taken goal.
ROY Keane had to tell some of his Sunderland players to take it easy last week and he hopes Trinidad and Tobago take a similar approach with the oldest of them, Dwight Yorke, in the coming days.
The veteran midfielder made his first club appearance this season at home to Arsenal on Saturday and has now jetted off for World Cup qualifiers against Guatemala and the United States. It seems inevitable the man who turned 37 last week will be asked to play in both.
DWIGHT Yorke admits he surprised himself by volunteering for a 20th season of professional football, but the Sunderland midfielder has not ruled out the possibility of a 21st.
The ex-Manchester United, Aston Villa and Blackburn Rovers star considered retirement at the end of last season but was talked out of it by his former team-mate Roy Keane. Yet since the 36-year-old put pen to paper on a new one-year contract he has seen the Black Cats draft in a host of high-quality midfielders, all threatening Yorke's place in the team.
Sunderland fans have had a long wait - 52 days to be precise - for concrete transfer news since the curtain fell on last season.
But at last there is something more than Wearside rumour, speculation and gossip to report!
And, as ever with Sunderland, it is a case of feast or famine. Fans have waited all summer for something to happen and then two stories emerge on the same day.
Defender Greg Halford has joined Championship side Sheffield United on a season-long loan, confirming what everyone already knew - namely that he plays no part in Roy Keane's future plans.
But one player who DOES have a future with the Black Cats is veteran midfielder Dwight Yorke, who has signed a 12-month contract extension.
