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Jack Butland is currently weighing up the probability of serious Premier League offers from Bournemouth and Crystal Palace.

Sources close to the England goalkeeper believe it will be a toss up, as things stand, between these two clubs when Butland face D-day on his future.

They haven’t given up hope of a top-six club declaring a firm interest, particularly if David de Gea leaves Manchester United, but there seems to have been little real encouragement on this front to date.

Stoke’s hierarchy are increasingly resigned to losing Butland in this window after he made it clear he now had to consider any Premier League offer to come his way for the sake of his international career.

Twelve months ago he restricted his ambitions to a top-six club and stuck by his word when no such offer materialised, but a year later his handlers believe he can take no such liberties with his career at the age of 26.

Bournemouth’s goalkeeping situation is in a state of flux after former Stoke keeper Asmir Begovic was replaced by 39-year-old Artur Boruc earlier this year to suggest manager Eddie Howe is keen to recruite a new long-term number one.

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At Palace, meanwhile, Wales number one Wayne Hennessey was ousted in early March by Spaniard Vincente Guaita, a free signing from Getafe last summer, and has been on the bench ever since.

Butland’s probable departure after six-and-a-half seasons at the club has left manager Nathan Jones with no option but to line up potential replacements.

Barnsley goalkeeper Adam Davies is prominent among those after a successful promotion-winning campaign with Barnsley in League One.

The 26 year-old Welsh international, who runs out of contract at the end of June, appeared in all but four of their 46 league fixtures and kept 19 clean sheets in the process.

He was voted into the League One team of the season and his form, plus his contract status, has not gone un-noticed in the wider world either.

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Wolves are believed to be interested, but only as a number two, while Stoke could face competition from Championship rivals Birmingham, Hull City, Bristol City and Brentford.

Sources close to the deal believe Birmingham are likely to be Stoke’s biggest rival if they end up going head-to-head for his signature.

But with Birmingham’s financial instability recently costing them a points reduction, and reports of manager Gary Monk interesting West Bromwich Albion, Stoke are confident they would prove to be the more attractive option.

Begovic’s two-year stay at Bournemouth looks to be nearing an end and that has inevitably sparked talk of an emotional return to Stoke City - four years after leaving for Chelsea.

But the 31 year-old Bosnian international, who played 172 times for Stoke between 2010 and 2015, is not thought to be keen to drop down to the Championship and remains on a hefty Premier League salary.