Big Sam is said to have had a look at the player first hand after scouts had been watching him for weeks.
And Tony Parks was the man who signed him when he was Blackpool’s manager.
At the moment Adam has a bit of a difference of opinion with the Seasiders over a bonus that he has not yet been paid, he goes to a Premier League arbitration panel in London tomorrow and it could be that he might start the ball rolling to get his contract cancelled.
Everton boss David Moyes is also interested.