Stoke City are chasing Reading captain Matt Mills.
The Sunday Mirror says the 24-year-old is in the final year of his contract at the Madejski stadium and has been the subject of a bid from Premier League rivals Wolves and interest from Blackburn.
Reading are desperate to keep hold of their totemic defender.
But Potters' boss Tony Pulis believes the lure of joining a now established Premier League club will prove too strong to resist for Mills.
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