Burnley are considering a beat-the-deadline bid for Scottish star Lyndon Dykes, TEAMtalk can confirm.
The Queens Park Rangers man has impressed hugely in England since moving to West London in 2020 from Livingston.
20 league goals have followed, which have also seen Australian-born Dykes become a huge part of the Scotland set-up under Steve Clarke.
Brighton, Newcastle and Norwich have also been linked with a move for Dykes, who rivals Fulham also looked at as a possible replacement for Aleksandar Mitrovic, if they lost him earlier in this window.
Dykes is contracted to QPR until 2024.
Currently in the play-off places, the Hoops have a chance of returning to the top flight by the end of the season. But Dykes could be making the step up before without them.
Burnley’s need for a new striker is evident after they sold Chris Wood to Newcastle. They were powerless to keep the New Zealand international after their relegation rivals triggered a release clause.
The Clarets are yet to find a replacement, or indeed any January signing. Now, they face a race against time to get their target Lyndon Dykes.
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Their pursuit of Dykes comes after Dinamo Zagreb ruled out a transfer for other target Mislav Orsic.
Previous reports claimed that the Clarets felt ‘increasingly optimistic’ of landing the 29-year-old. In fact, chairman Alan Pace had travelled to Croatia to tie up the move.
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However, Zagreb ruled the move out on Saturday with a club statement on their website. The player has instead opted to stay in Croatia and wants to finish the campaign with a successful league title triumph.
The statement read: “In recent days, great interest of the public and fans has caused the possible transfer of player Mislav Orsic to the English club Burnley.
“Following this topic, GNK Dinamo informs the public that the decision has been made that Mislav Orsic…
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