Newcastle United are making a bumper contract offer to Wigan Athletic winger Charles N'Zogbia.
The People says Toon will offer winger N'Zogbia £60,000 a week to return to St James' Park.
And that's bad news for Sunderland, Toon boss Alan Pardew's main rivals, along with Kenny Dalglish's Liverpool, in the race to sign the Wigan wide man.
The Black Cats cannot match Newcastle's salary offer for the exciting and enigmatic Frenchman as Magpies owner Mike Ashley prepares to ditch his policy of not paying inflated wages.