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LEICESTER are considering appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport over FIFA’s ban on registering £22m midfielder Adrien Silva before January. RENATO SANCHES and Wilfried Bony are both injury doubts for Swansea’s home clash with Huddersfield tomorrow. SUNDERLAND midfielder Paddy McNair could be available for Northern Ireland’s World Cup play-off clashes next month after 10 months out with a knee injury. BRISTOL ROVERS will offer winger Billy Bodin, 25, a new contract to fend off interest from Cardiff. READING defender Jordan Obita is out for the rest of the season with a knee injury after sliding off the pitch and colliding with an advertising board against Hull last month. BRISTOL CITY are on the trail of Motherwell defender Adam Livingstone. PETER TAYLOR has left his role as director of football at Gillingham.