Newcastle winger Matt Ritchie is a £15 million target for Championship heavyweights Middlesbrough and Stoke.

Tony Pulis, the Middlesbrough manager, is scrapping with his old club to sign the Scotland international as Newcastle consider letting him leave after two years at the club.

Middlesbrough and Stoke have both held detailed discussions with Newcastle over a potential deal, with £15m understood to be the fee required to sign him.

Ritchie, 28, is also on the radar of former club Bournemouth but the two Championship clubs are going head to head in a battle to make what would be a major signing.