POYET: POYET LEE IS MY KIND OF PLAYER

SUNDERLAND boss Gus Poyet says Lee Cattermole (right) would get in Uruguay’s national team, and believes he should be in the England set-up. ‘I like players like Lee,’ said Poyet. ‘But some managers don’t like a player who is going to get a red card. I don’t care, it’s part of the game. I got a few when I was a player. ‘In Uruguay, no doubt he would be picked.’ XABI ALONSO admitted he turned his back on a return to England because he did not want to spoil his Liverpool legacy. ‘I would just rather keep that memory as it is,’ said Alonso, who joined Bayern Munich for £5m from Real Madrid. THE chance to sign Mehdi Benatia of Bayern Munich was passed up by Blackpool in 2009 as chairman Karl Oyston wouldn’t stump up £100,000. The centre-half, 27, has just moved to Germany from Roma for £21million.