Middlesbrough FC are lining up a move to take Martin Cranie to the Riverside Stadium.
Tony Mowbray has been interested in Cranie whose contract at Coventry City expired on Sunday, for a while.
According to the Northern Echo, Mowbray is now considering a bid for the defender.
More on this; http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/9795707.Boro_close_to_signing_one_defender_and_ready_to_open_talks_with_another/