Middlesbrough are in talks to sign Samuel Iling-Junior from Aston Villa.
The 21-year-old wing-back is to cut short his loan at Bologna after their game on Saturday night and is set to travel for a medical.
Boro are also trying to beat Celtic to former Leicester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho in a loan deal from Sevilla.
Iheanacho was due to join Venezia this week but changed his mind Leeds had also looked at a possible loan.
Villa signed Iling-Junior from Juventus last summer before loaning him out to Bologna.