Middlesbrough and Birmingham City are both in for Coventry City striker Luas Jutkiewicz.
Middlesbrough have bid £1m for the Southampton born striker but money for the deal will come only if the North East club can sell Matty Bates to Swansea City for £2m.
Birmingham City wait in the wings if Middlesbrough cannot get a deal done.
The news does not come as a surprise as Jutkiewicz who has scored for City at Palace and Middlesbrough this season is one of a number of players touted allegedly by City's board as a way of getting back some money to pay back SISU's bankers.
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