Adnan Januzaj to Sunderland?

Charlie Austin remains a QPR player for the time being at least, but may be on his way to White Hart Lane. Reports suggest that Spurs have already been in touch with QPR to inquire about the striker, who is valued at £15m and is also the subject of interest from Newcastle United, West Ham and Leicester City, but the word on the street is that the Spurs chief executive Daniel Levy is prepared to meet the Championship side’s valuation and throw in a loanee to help grease the wheels of any deal.

That green blob inching its way across Everton’s radar is Genoa’s French central defenderSebastian De Maio, who the Serie A club value at £6.9m. According to Gazzetta dello Sport, Roberto Martínez has made inquiries about the 28-year-old, which could prompt further tedious speculation about the future of John Stones.In a real-life situation that will almost certainly star Kiefer Sutherland when it makes its way to the small Manchester United’s Mexican striker and petitpois Javier Hernández has just 24 hours to decide whether or not to throw his sombrero in MLS’s ring in a deal that will earn him $10m per year. Of course we’re not sure when exactly the clock started ticking on that particular deadline, so he may have considerably less than 24 hours.

If Pedro moves to Manchester United, Adnan Januzaj will go on loan to Sunderland in a career move few could have predicted just a couple of seasons ago when sportswriters everywhere where describing the youngster as a potential England star of the very near future. Aston Villa and Everton are also interested in taking the young, er, Belgian international, while the Star has described Sunderland’s audacious bid for the 20-year-old as a “sensational swoop”.