Barcelona winger Ousmane Dembele is hoping to secure a move to the Premier League before Monday's deadline.
The France international, who has failed to agree terms on a new deal with the Spanish side, is available for around £18m as he is out of contract in the summer.
He has been offered to a number of English teams but it is understood his representatives are focusing on interest from two clubs in particular, as yet unnamed.
Newcastle have been credited with an interest but Dembele's wages of around £210,000 a week are considered too much for their structure and the player would ideally join a club competing for European places.