Article: Quinn still hopes to land Phillips.

NIALL QUINN remains hopeful of discovering today if his bid for Kevin Phillips has been successful, despite the Midlands club announcing a [pounds sterling]62.6million takeover.

Sunderland chairman-manager Quinn wants to bring Phillips back to the Stadium of Light in a bid to kick-start the Black Cats' season.

Villa's proposed takeover deal with American Randy Lerner is a potential spanner in the works, but the Sunderland supremo would still like to know today whether or not his Phillips swoop has succeeded.

Quinn told the Echo today: "Aston Villa have a lot on, but we're still hoping for an answer from them later today.

"This is not ...

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