Sam Allardyce has insisted that Sunderland have received no offers for striker Jermain Defoe.

Bournemouth have recently been credited with an interest in the 33-year-old, who has scored nine goals in all competitions for the Black Cats this season.

However, Allardyce told reporters that he has not been informed of any bids.

"We haven't had a bid for him, for one, and I suppose if I had had a bid for him, I'd have probably turned it down - unless it was that big a bid that the owner had told me, 'This bid is so big, Sam, that we can't afford to turn it down', and every club has that scenario," he said.

"But no, we haven't had a bid for Jermain and no, we don't want to sell him."

Defoe had a loan spell with Bournemouth earlier in his career, scoring 19 goals in 31 appearances.