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Jeremain Lens is due in Istanbul tonight ahead of a move to Fenerbahce, according to reports in Turkey.

The Sunderland midfielder is a target for new Fenerbahce coach Dick Advocaat, who brought the Dutchman to Wearside last summer and has also previously worked with the 28-year-old at AZ Alkmaar and PSV Eindhoven.

Turkish media are reporting that Fenerbahce have agreed a loan deal for Lens, with the option to make the move permanent at the end of the season, and the player is set to undergo a medical tomorrow.

Lens cost Sunderland £8m when he joined from Ukrainian side Dynamo Kiev and he scored three goals in 20 outings last season, although his form was sporadic and he fell out of favour under Advocaat’s successor Sam Allardyce.

Despite Sunderland having so few senior players available, Lens has been only a bit-part player under David Moyes this season, making substitute appearances in each of the last two games against Middlesbrough at the Stadium of Light and then at Southampton at the weekend.

Lens did play a part in earning the Black Cats their first point on Saturday, with his cross leading to the foul on Jermain Defoe which saw Sunderland awarded a penalty 10 minutes from time at St Mary’s Stadium.