Boro boss Neil Warnock is aiming to land a double transfer blow on his former club Cardiff City.
The Middlesbrough manager hopes to beat City to the signing of Wigan striker Kieffer Moore and is pushing for a swift resolution to that tug-of-war.
And Warnock is also understood to be trying to prise away Bluebirds flanker fixture Junior Hoilett.
Towering targetman Moore, 28 on Saturday, was reported to be making his mind up over which club to join after Wigan's administrators accepted bids from both clubs of around the £2m mark.
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