Stoke City are interested in AIK winger Nabil Bahoui.
The Sentinel says Hughes is not the only Premier League manager in the chase for the 23-year-old, with Everton said to at the front of a long queue.
Sunderland are also said to be still interested, while Southampton, Crystal Palace and French club Saint-Etienne have also supposedly been keeping tabs.
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