Sunderland are not trying to sign Swansea City forward Andre Ayew, Black Cats boss Sam Allardyce has insisted.

"There's been no contact between us and Swansea for us to make an offer," said Allardyce.

"We haven't made an offer to them for that, and I don't think Swansea would want to sell him. I think that's a bit of speculation on the media's behalf.

"I can't say any more than that because he's a Swansea player. We are not allowed to speculate any more on that in case we get fined.

"We are looking at options abroad, as always. There's not many available in this country."