Transfer Talk: Sunderland Chasing Livorno Striker Paulinho  

According to his agent, Livorno striker Paulinho, 27, is being targeted by a number of Italian clubs and Premier League side Sunderland.

"Sampdoria's offer is the most concrete, they have followed Paulinho for two-three months and we have already had some contact with them," Paulinho's agent Eugenio Ascari told tuttomercatoweb.com.

"Abroad, I think that Di Canio's Sunderland are planning to make an offer soon, and then every day I always read new teams are interested in the press."