Nottingham Forest hope to announce Steve Cook as their second January signing in the next 48 hours.
Cook will undergo a medical with Forest on the verge of beating QPR to sign the experienced defender from Bournemouth.
QPR were first to offer terms to the 30 year-old defender and were frontrunners early last week.
Forest then made their move and are now set to pip their Championship rivals to land Cook on a two-and-a-half year deal.
Forest are six points off the play-offs with a game in hand on the current occupiers of sixth place, Huddersfield.