Despite having no firm offers for Josh Maja, the Sunderland striker’s future is still up in the air with two weeks remaining in the transfer window.

If he is to leave having rejected a contract extension amid interest from Premier League sides, a replacement will be needed.

All the fingers point to Will Grigg at Wigan Athletic, having had a couple of offers turned down by the Championship club.

And while all eyes are on the former Walsall striker – there should be eyes on a player that has fallen completely off the radar since his summer move.

All the talking about Maja and who could replace him, when instead it is an old target that should have interest reignited in him.

Having moved from Cheltenham Town in the summer, Mo Eisa joined Championship side Bristol City having had an impressive year.

The 24-year-old had a ratio of one goal every two games while at the League Two club last season and that promoted several clubs to pursue the striker.

The Robins won the race but was it the best move for the man from Camden Town?

Eisa has had injury problems while at Ashton Gate but has only featured for 25 minutes this term from five substitute appearances under the guidance of Lee Johnson.

A stark contrast to his blistering form from last year – but what a run in a team on a consistent basis could do for Eisa.

It would do him a world of good, and under Jack Ross, he could well get that, having been wanted by the League One promotion contenders before his switch to Bristol.

He’s failed to score for his new side after 25 goals last term in League Two.

Dropping down a division to acclimatise there for the rest of the season - or beyond - could be the perfect tonic for a stalling career at present.

You don’t become a bad player overnight, as the saying goes, form is temporary, class is permanent.

And Eisa has class in abundance, and it was exactly that which saw him become a wanted man after a stellar season last time out.

Not all moves work out, and this one certainly has not so far with Famara Diedhiou and Andreas Weimann ahead of him in the pecking order at the club.

Chances in the first-team look hard to come by and if Maja was to leave, Eisa could be a diamond in the rough ready to shine should he become the replacement.

The money captured from Maja would be more than enough to cover the fee and contract for the 24-year-old, and he is young enough to improve and be a mainstay at the Stadium of Light of years to come.

While all eyes are elsewhere, you can bank on Eisa to be a hit should he come out from the shadows and to the fore.