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A Moroccan international playmaker is interesting Boro, according to one Dutch newspaper.

He features in today's round-up as well as Everton reportedly planning to sign two central defenders who were playing in the Championship last season.

Thankfully those plans don't feature Boro's Ben Gibson, or at least that's that the Daily Mirror are saying today.

And then there's the latest on an in-demand former Boro striker Danny Graham. It's Rangers, Celtic or the Championship for Graham, if you believe what you've read so far this summer.

Boro 'in pole position to sign Hakim Ziyech'

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A new name to be linked with Boro this summer, or at least the first time I've seen it crop up in the various transfer columns.

The Twente No.10 hammered 17 goals in 33 appearances last season, including a blistering spell of seven in nine games. There was also a stint when he contributed to 15 goals in 17 games.

Despite his relatively tender years - he's just 23 - the former Heerenveen man was named as Twente captain last summer but is now reportedly ready to move on having seen the Dutch club cash in a number of their key players.

And Dutch newspaper Tubantia say Boro are in pole position to land Ziyech, who has made six appearances for Morocco.

"Although Ziyech is frequently linked to clubs in Turkey, the most serious interest at this time appears to come from England," reads the report.

"Middlesbrough are one of those candidates."

One column on espnfc.co.uk back in December said Twente "can do virtually nothing without Ziyech", saying he "could be a world-class playmaker available at a bargain price".

A snippet from the extremely complimentary column reads: "His time at Twente is up, and he wants to help his club to get a decent fee while making a big step forward in his career on the way to superstardom.

"If Southampton paid around £11m for Tadic, signing his younger, better successor for a lower fee must surely be considered a great bargain.

"Ziyech's adventurous style could probably suit a coach who likes quick, passionate football with swift transition from defence to attack and is not addicted to ball possession."

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Everton target promotion winning defender

But it isn't Ben Gibson. Good!

Apparently Ronald Koeman quite fancies Burnley's Michael Keane - yep, the one who scored that last minute equaliser - and while he's on the subject of strengthening his defence he'll make a move for Lewis Dunk of Brighton as well.

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The Daily Mirror say the Toffees are considering moves for both defenders this summer, and that's as well as Koeman's hopes to convince John Stones to stay put.

Celtic's Virgil Van Dijk has also been mentioned.

Danny Graham still deliberating over his future

Celtic and Rangers were both said to be hopeful of convincing Graham to sign this summer, but is he set to stay in England?

The Lancashire Telegraph today say that the striker is interested in resigning for Blackburn now Rovers have appointed Owen Coyle as their new gaffer.

And Coyle has made it clear that he'd love to bring Graham back to Ewood Park, after the 30-year-old former Boro man spent the second half of the season on loan at Rovers.

"Danny is a good player and given his situation there’s no doubt that he’s going to have some very big offers on the table," he said.

"He’s an outstanding player, somebody I’ve always liked, and that’s all relative to what we can do.

"Ultimately we’ll work within everything we’ve got here to bring those players in and Danny’s a very good player.

"Whether we can get him to the football club, because I know he’ll have some very big offers, remains to be seen.

"But we’ll leave no stone unturned to try to get good players to the club that we think can enhance the team because that’s important."

And what's happening elsewhere?

Jose is up and running with Manchester United completing the signing of Villarreal defender Eric Bailly.

They're still interested in Stones, apparently, as are Chelsea and Manchester City.

On the subject of City, Pep Guardiola reportedly wants to bring Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to the Etihad.

That'd be some coup but they'd have to pay £55m for the pleasure, according to reports.

Liverpool still want Sadio Mane from managerless Southampton, Spurs are targeting AZ frontman Vincent Janssen and Arsenal are reportedly going to offer Hector Bellerin a new deal in the hope it will convince him to reject a reported advance from Barcelona. Best of luck with that.

Manchester United striker James Wilson spent the second half of last season on loan at Brighton and is now reportedly interesting Wolves. They wouldn't be the only keen Championship club if the 20-year-old was allowed out on loan.

Another young striker who could head out on loan this summer is Newcastle's Adam Armstrong, who spent last season at Coventry City.

Lee Clark wants the 19-year-old at Kilmarnock while Tony Mowbray would happily take him back to the Sky Blues but Newcastle could yet decide to keep hold of the striker after suffering relegation, according to the Chronicle.