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Sunderland will rival Swansea’s bid to sign £9million-rated Leicester striker Leonardo Ulloa in January.

The Swans fancied the Argentine in the summer, but Foxes boss Claudio Ranieri wasn’t keen to let him go until new signing Islam Slimani had settled in.

But the 30-year -old, who joined in an £8m deal from Brighton in 2014 and has scored 19 goals in 85 appearances, is now behind Slimani, Jamie Vardy, Ahmed Musa and Shinji Okazaki in the pecking order.

Ulloa hasn't started a single Premier League game this term, with all seven of his appearances coming from the bench.

(Image: Plumb Images/Leicester City FC via Getty)

Sunderland boss David Moyes is eager to strengthen his attack in January as they look to boos their survival push.

Jermain Defoe has carried the attacking burden for the start of the campaign although Victor Anichebe is finally fully fit.

The former Everton striker scored in the win over Bournemouth, and won the penalty that Defoe scored from.