Nottingham Forest are closing in on a deal to land Filip Krovinovic, according to reports in Portugal.
Record claims the Reds are in advanced negotiations with Benfica with personal terms the only matter to be concluded before the transfer can proceed.
That is at odds with a report from the Telegraph at the weekend which claimed the midfielder was set to be recalled from his loan spell at the Baggies and sent to Hadjuk Split.
Record claims that while Split, PAOK and Dinamo Zagreb are all interested in the midfielder it is Forest who are preparing to "receive" him.
Krovinovic has been on loan at West Bromwich Albion for the last 18 months and has made 12 appearances for them so far, but only two of them have come since manager Sam Allardyce was appointed.
The player's agent, Marjan Sisic, said in an interview with 24 Sata that his client had a number of offers on the table amid claims Benfica are not keen on sending the player to Split.
“We have several offers from abroad for Filip, we are considering together with West Bromwich and Benfica what to do,” he said.
“The situation is quite complicated due to the loan relationship between these two clubs, so we will know more about everything in a few days.”
PAOK and fellow Evangelos Marinakis -owned side Olympiacos have also been linked with a move.
Forest boss Chris Hughton confirmed after the 3-1 victory over Millwall that he was looking to strengthen his creative options, but admitted they would only move if sufficient quality became available.
"We are still working as hard as we can. And if we do (bring players in), then great," he said.
"We won't bring players in just for the sake of it because we do have a big squad and we've tried to get that balance a little bit different which is why a couple have gone out already.
"But January's at a very difficult time. What is certainly more important is finishing the end of the month with, if we can, a nice balance to squad.
"But more the important one for us would be if we have an opportunity to bring players in and improve the squad.
"The problem that we have is that little bit of creativity, even though I thought we were really good on Saturday. And I hope we can take this forward and start showing more, get more opportunities and more goals."
Forest have already made a few moves in the January market by extending the loan signing of Fulham's Anthony Knockaert until the end of the season.
There have also been departures with left-back Nicholas Ioannou heading to Greece to join Aris, while defender Tendayi Darikwa has also left the club to join League One Wigan.
