Glenavon are hoping to sign Crusaders captain Colin Coates this transfer window.
It is understood the Lurgan Blues are closing in on a deal for the 34-year-old defender before Friday's deadline.
Coates - who comes out of contract this summer at Crusaders - has spent his entire career with the Shore Road club.
This season he has made 14 league appearances for Stephen Baxter's side, and only recently returned from a back injury.
Meanwhile, it is also believed Coates' teammate Sean Ward is on Glenavon's radar.
Ward - who joined the Crues in the summer of 2017 - is currently recovering from an injury sustained last October in a game against Coleraine.
The 36-year-old former Linfield defender also comes out of contract this summer, but isn't expected to leave Seaview this transfer window.
Speaking after Tuesday's 4-0 defeat to Glentoran, Glenavon manager Gary Hamilton said he was close to signing a player that will hopefully tighten up the Lurgan Bues’ defence.
He said: “I am hoping to bring in a player that will help me do that before the end of the window, with a view for the next couple of years.
"That’s what I am trying to do and hopefully we can get it over the line. But we need winners, we need boys who don’t want to concede goals.”
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