Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan, who surprisingly left Sunderland to join United Arab Emirates side Al-Ain on loan for a large fee in September 2011, is a transfer target for an unnamed club in Qatar.
According to sources, the rich Qatari club are willing to part with a record-breaking sum of money in order to acquire the services of the striker, who scored a brace over the weekend to increase his tally to 14 in the UAE league.
The 26-year-old will have two years left on his Sunderland contract at the end the current UAE Pro-League season, and his future could have a major bearing on manager Martin O�Neill�s transfer plans at Sunderland.
Al-Ain are keen to turn Gyan�s season-long loan into a permanent transfer but O�Neill said last week that they were not the only club in the UAE showing an interest.
On Gyan�s possible return to the Stadium of Light, O�Neill told the Chronicle: �I know I said some weeks ago that I�d be hoping to speak to him. But one day has run into the next and I haven�t had a chance.
�I don�t think the position [of Al-Ain] has changed that much. But there was another club out there in the United Arab Emirates looking at his services.�
Gyan joined Sunderland from French club Rennes during the summer of 2010.
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