It is being rumoured today that former Beatle Paul McCartney is set to launch a bid to take control of Sunderland AFC.

The scouser is married to Heather Mills, who is a life long Sunderland supporter and is orginally from Washington.

The multi, multi millionaire earns up to 40m per annum and would solve Sunderland's financials needs should he take control of the club.

It's beleived that Paul has vowed to re-establish Sunderland and make them an internationally recognised club.

This is clearly speculation only, but it will interesting to see if anything else comes of the report...watch this space!