Huddersfield Town have already begun their summer business, with Rajiv van La Parra set to join on a permanent deal, plus free transfers Michael Hefele and Chris Lowe due to arrive on July 1st, write Alexander Porter from the Examiner.
However a buzz is still hovering overhead of the club as Newcastle have quietly joined the race of looking at taking Bermudian Nahki Wells off their hands.
It's no secret Reading supporters see Nahki as the ideal solution to their scoring woes, and last week the Birmingham Mail and the Newcastle Chronicle named dropped the Town frontman as someone that the recently-relegated Aston Villa or Newcastle United should target as the man to make the difference in their quest to regain the top flight at the first attempt.
As a result of that, chatter appears on forums and social media networks.
But Town are under no pressure to sell their star assets to fund incoming transfers. Any move would have to be on the club's terms.
But honestly, it would be more of a surprise if rival fans and local media outlets weren't taking a closer look at Wells.
His 18 goals last term made him the club's top scorer, and his 17 strikes in the league ensured he finished as joint 5th in the Championship's ranking.
Of those above him, two reached the play-offs and one (Ross McCormack) commanded an £11m fee.
Given he was leading a team that finished 19th, Nahki's achievements in outscoring the likes of Jordan Rhodes and Fernando Forestieri only look more impressive.
He deservedly took home the Players' Player of the Year and Hargreaves Memorial Player of the Year at the end-of season awards do.
This 'League One striker' has proved one of the deadliest in England's second tier.
He's bound to be attracting admiring glances - strikers are the sport's most precious commodity.
But that means little unless a club shows genuine, concrete interest in prizing him away from the John Smith's Stadium.
Even then, the price has to be right.
It's inevitable Wells will pick up a few column inches this summer.
But Town fans shouldn't press the panic button yet.
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