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Tue 07 Jul 2007Sunderland's trawl continuesSunderland have withdrawn their offer for Preston striker David Nugent after waiting in vain for an answer from the player.The club agreed an undisclosed fee, believed to be around €10 million, for the English 22-year-old several weeks ago and were given permission to talk to him.