Middlesbrough are spoken in discussions with the Free Agent Danny Ings, Talksport understands.
The 32-year-old is without a club after leaving West Ham at the end of last season.
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He could return to the championship for the first time in 11 years.
Ings has not played in the 2013/14 season since winning the doctorate with Burnley.
In this campaign, the striker scored 21 goals in 40 league appearances for the Clarets.
Since then he has played in the Premier League for Clarets and Southampton, West Ham, Aston Villa and Liverpool.
In these spells, IINS scored 72 goals in 240 Premier League games.
The ex-England striker was now able to contact a former opponent in the Riverside Stadium.
Boro is managed by the former Welsh international Rob Edwards, who replaced Michael Carrick in the early summer.
Edwards has concluded a three -year contract with the association by 2028.
It is his first leadership role since Luton was released in January.
As a player, Edwards faced IGS during the 2011/12 championship campaign when he played for Barnsley.
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That day Burnley was 2-0 at Turf Moor, with the INGS coming out of the bank for his Burnley debut from the bank.
After a change from Bournemouth, he played the last eight minutes of the game in his first appearance.
More than a decade later, the couple could now work together.
Edwards have not had to contribute to his Boro squad since his appointment.
Ings had previously been associated with a move to colleague in Wrexham before returning to the division.
It was understood that the red dragons have both the INGS and his former teammate of Southampton Stuart Armstrong in mind.
After three consecutive advertising campaigns, the team of Phil Parkinson’s team will take up their first campaign for the second stage for 43 years for 43 years.
In the meantime, Armstrong is a free agent after leaving Sheffield on Wednesday at the end of June.