Steve Bruce hopes to have Manchester United loanee Danny Welbeck at Sunderland for another year

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Steve Bruce is to ask Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson if he can keep Danny Welbeck on-loan next season.

19-year-old Welbeck is currently on a season-long loan and his impressed – scoring six league goals in 16 starts before picking up a knee injury.

Sunderland believe that Manchester United would be unwilling to sell Welbeck on a permanent deal though Bruce is hoping to persuade Ferguson to let him keep the striker for another season.

“I will see if I can get Sir Alex drunk on a bottle of wine, but I will keep at him about Welbeck. Maybe we can get him for another year, maybe that will be the compromise,” Bruce told reporters.

Welbeck could return from injury to face United’s title rivals Arsenal today after an eight-week lay-off.

“Funny how he’s back for the Arsenal game, isn’t it?!

“I hope he had a miserable time back in Manchester doing his rehab! It was cruel because he was just playing at his peak and had another injury, just when he was fulfilling his potential.

“Welbeck could be involved on Saturday. We also have a reserve game here against West Ham on Tuesday and I want Welbeck and Fraizer Campbell to play in that.”