Middlesbrough are weighing up an improved £1.5m bid for Huddersfield Town star Adam Clayton – with Lukas Jutkiewicz set to join Burnley for the same fee.
The 25-year-old striker joined the Teessiders in a £1.3m move from Coventry City in January 2012, but he spent part of last season on loan at Bolton Wanderers.
And following Boro’s £3.5m capture of 24-year-old Spanish striker Enrique ‘Kike’ Garcia – from Real Murcia – on Friday, Jutkiewicz’s inevitable departure looks set to come to pass.
Former Spain Under-20 international Kike – who hit 23 goals in the Secunda Liga last term, and 48 in 150 appearances for Murcia in total – will join Aitor Karanka’s squad for warm-weather pre-season training in Marbella tomorrow.
Boro are still on the lookout for another forward, a right-back and a central midfielder.
And their search for the latter continues to focus on Clayton.
They had a £1m cash offer – Kei Kamara and Jacob Butterfield were merely suggested as potential makeweights in the deal – for the 25-year-old turned down last week.
Brighton & Hove Albion are also keen on Clayton, who has one year left on his current contract following a 2012 move from Leeds United.
But Boro hope to win the race for the ex-Manchester City youth’s signature with a £1.5m move financed by Jutkiewicz’s move to Turf Moor.
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