YANN M’VILA has left his future in the hands of his lawyer in the hope of having the final ten months of his contract torn up to pave the way for a permanent switch to Sunderland in the summer.

While the Black Cats’ Premier League status will be pivotal in negotiations at the end of the season, M’Vila has already instructed his representatives to come up with a way for him to become a free agent.

The 25-year-old, who joined Sunderland on a season-long loan last season, is still under contract at Russian club Rubin Kazan, but he does not want to return there when his Wearside stint is due to come to an end.

Instead he has his heart set on keeping Sunderland up and staying at the Stadium of Light, provided an agreement can be reached and Sam Allardyce wants to keep him at the club.

M’Vila said: “It's important for me to sort out the contract issue with Rubin Kazan but I have always said that my objective is to play in the Premier League. I want to stay here and play in the Premier League with Sunderland.

“Hopefully we will stay up and they will make me an offer, and then we can get around the table and talk. Hopefully we can continue the adventure.

“At the moment I am speaking with a lawyer. I think my contract with Rubin Kazan runs until December 2016, so there are still six months to run from the end of the season.

“I don't really want to go back there and I don't really think they want me back, so we are trying to find a way of terminating that deal so I can be a free agent and then I will be in a better position to discuss future offers.”

M’Vila cost Rubin £10m three years ago but it did not go to plan so he spent part of last season on loan at Inter Milan before Dick Advocaat persuaded him to join Sunderland last summer.

He has not missed a game in the Premier League since his arrival, despite a change of manager, and is satisfied with his own performances even though Sunderland remain in a relegation fight.

M’Vila said: “I knew from the outset that Sunderland and the Premier League was going to be the league for me. I knew I would love it here, that’s why I hope sincerely I will be able to stay with Sunderland and in the Premier League.

“It’s fair to say it has been a tough season, we have been down the bottom of the league for the whole season so far, but Sunderland have a lot of experience of getting out of this position. We will all give 100 per cent to get out of this position and make people happy.

“I am a little disappointed to have only scored one goal, I think I could have had more, I need to be more ruthless sometimes in front of goal. That would get me more.

“But you also have to remember I have four or five assists so that balances things out a little. I think the main thing is to help my team get more goals to help Sunderland get out of this situation.”

When Allardyce took over from Advocaat in October, question marks were placed over the futures of most players. M’Vila, though, has remained an integral part of the team and he is full of admiration for what the current boss is trying to achieve.

M’Vila said: “He's a great manager. I think I saw a stat somewhere that said he had the fifth highest amount of wins in the Premier League, around 150.

“That speaks for itself. He's made some great signings and managed to instil a fantastic level of confidence and fight in us.

“We're hungry in every game and we want to go to war. He's a great manager for us and I think he's going to get us out of this situation.

“It could have been much different because he didn’t sign me. When he first arrived, I think I was playing well for Sunderland and he wanted to continue this confidence in me.

“Every single day on the training pitch and every single match, he gives me that confidence. I want to repay that confidence on the pitch for him.”

Allardyce, meanwhile, has planned a trip for some warm weather training in Dubai after this Saturday’s visit of Manchester United.

Sunderland do not have a game for two weeks so he is keen to keep his players ticking over and enjoy some time off to recover before the relegation run-in.