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West Bromwich Albion are keen on Chelsea striker Patrick Bamford and are keeping a close watch on his situation at Chelsea.

Bamford is yet to sign a new deal at Stamford Bridge where the 21-year-old has two years on his contract.

There is a feeling that he will be allowed out for a fee in the region of £8 million which will scare off the majority of suitors.

Newcastle and Sunderland have an interest in the player and there are plenty of clubs who would take him on loan should he sign long-term with his current employers. Chelsea have offered a new five year contract, according to reports.

Bamford was voted Championship Player of the Year last season after he scored 19 goals while on loan at Middlesbrough.

His first-team chances at Chelsea are severely limited with Diego Costa and Loic Remy ahead of him and Jose Mourinho about to splash out big sums to replace Didier Drogba with Radamel Falcao likely to join.

“If I can help Falcao reach his level again, I will do it,” Mourinho said on South American TV.

Bamford joined Nottingham Forest’s Academy at the age of eight and moved to Chelsea at the age of 18 in 2012 for £1.5 million.

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Bamford only made two brief first-team appearances for Forest, his debut coming as a substitute on the last day of 2011 against Cardiff City.

But he scored four goals in the 5-1 FA Cup Youth win at Southampton and five in the previous round - a 9-1 hammering of Wigan Athletic - and that prompted Chelsea to lure him to Stamford Bridge on a five-year contract.

He made his debut for the England Under-18s side in November 2010 having previously represented the Republic of Ireland at U-18 level.

Tony Pulis is known to want to focus the majority of his summer rebuild on the domestic market.

Whereas Bamford would not be his number one striking target, he would certainly take some of the burden off England Under-21 team-mate Saido Berahino.

Albion’s European scouts have earmarked Rennes’ Habib Habibou as a transfer option but again he is not thought to be high on Pulis’ wish-list.