The 30 year old is said to be a target for Sunderland who have recently suffered the injury of front man Kenwyne Jones. He picked his injury in the Trinidad and Tobago vs England game last month.
The interesting read in the article by The Times is that it points out that SPL side Rangers were interested in Beattie but his £40,000 a week wages were too high.
The 22 league goal scorer has received a lot of interest since the season came to an end but none of these have come out to be true. Is The Times just writing an article for no reason with the journalists not having anything else to report about or this time is it true.
Time will tell.
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