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Sunderland’s Younes Kaboul is close to joining Watford, according to reports in France.

But the Black Cats seem highly unlikely to part with the defender given their limited squad resources and with uncertainty remaining over the future of Lamine Kone.

Kone continues to be linked with a move to Everton, while injuries and summer recruitment disrupted by the departure of Sam Allardyce have leaft the Wearsiders’ ranks understrength.

Though he struggled initially following his arrival from Tottenham Hotspur last summer, Kaboul has become one of the most reliable players at the club.

He is under contract until 2019.

So a report in French newspaper L’Equipe suggesting the Frenchman is close to joining Watford would appear to be wide of the mark.

DeAndre Yedlin , meanwhile, is understood to be the subject of £3.5 million bids from both Hull City and Derby County.

The Tottenham defender spent last season on loan at Sunderland, who have been linked with a permanent move for the player all summer.

But David Moyes signed right-back Donald Love from Manchester United last week, and Yedlin now seems set for a transfer elsewhere.

Finally, while free agent Steven Piennar continues to train with the Black Cats in the hope of earning a contract, Orlando Pirates - based in the players’s home city of Johannesburg - are waiting in the wings to sign the 34-year-old midfielder, having offered him a deal.