Load &Proud melder at Stoke want to sign former Rangers midfielder Josh Windass this summer.
Potters boss Nathan Jones is reshaping his squad and considers the ex-Rangers man (below) vital to his planning.
Jones was recruited on the back of his playing style at Luton Town.
There has been little sign of any transformation so far, but arrival of Windass would signal a change in that direction.
Latics boss Paul Cook would be sorry to lose the 25-year-old but a £3m fee would soften the blow.
(Daily record)