Transfer gossip (Monday): Leeds eye deadline day double | Huddersfield loan star set for home club return | Barnsley captain much sought after | Bradford keen to add strike options

Reports on Monday claim Fletcher, successful in a loan spell at Barnsley last term, will join Garry Monk’s men on loan before the transfer window shuts.

Fletcher has struggled to nail down a starting spot with the Hammers, but has impressed in his brief cameos.

Fletcher has racked up 19 appearances, although 16 of those have come from the substitutes bench. The 21-year-old moved to east London in the summer from Manchester United.

Villarreal winger Pedraza, meanwhile, is preparing to fly into England and undergo a medical ahead of a half-season loan to Leeds.

The 20-year-old is due to complete a move to Elland Road ahead of Tuesday’s deadline after cutting short a previous loan at Spanish second division club Lugo.

Villarreal have paid around £300,000 to buy Pedraza out of his deal with Lugo, a side he joined in July and represented for the final time in a league game against Real Zaragoza last night.

Leeds are set to pick up the cost of terminating his loan and have negotiated a deal which will see them sign Pedraza permanently for a fee of around £8.5m if they secure promotion to the Premier League in May.

Swansea City have joined the race to sign new Barnsley captain Marc Roberts.

The Swans are reportedly ready to table a £5m offer, with the Welsh outfit set for a second high-profile raid on Oakwell after signing Alfie Mawson in late August.

Burnley and West Bromwich Albion are also interested Roberts, 26, who is the new captain at Barnsley following the exit of Conor Hourihanbe.

Barnsley are seeking to complete a loan move for Liverpool prospect Connor Randall, who is set to join for the rest of the season.

The 21-year-old right-back had not appeared for the first-team this season until Saturday, when Jurgen Klopp opted not to risk teenager Trent Alexander-Arnold in case Nathaniel Clyne is not fit to return against Chelsea on Tuesday.

Alexander-Arnold has overtaken Randall in Klopp’s thoughts at right-back this season and Randall had even been struggling to get a game for the Reds’ under-23s in the first half of the season until Alexander-Arnold became a more permanent fixture at Melwood.

Randall is expected to head out on loan this month and is now reported to be heading to Yorkshire as a replacement for James Bree, who joined Aston Villa last week.

The Reds have also been linked with a move for youngster Ryan Hedges.

The Swansea City forward is on loan at Yeovil Town and has impressed at Huish Park, scoring five goals in 28 appearances so far this season.

An unknown Championship club have reportedly tabled an offer to sign Huddersfield Town loanee Aaron Mooy permanently from Manchester City.

City have repelled the bid, although manager Pep Guardiola is reporteldy said to have been considering cutting the 26-year-old’s time with the Terriers short in order to have him cover Fernandinho’s absence in his squad.

Hull City are among many clubs keeping tabs on Brazilian international midfielder Mauricio, who plays for Zenit St Petersburg.

But they will face stiff competition from Fiorentina, Nice and Bordeaux to land the 28-year-old.

Bradford City are lining up alternative striking targets if they cannot land Carlisle frontman Charlie Wyke.

City have a £250,000 bid on the table on the table for Wyke after triggering a release clause, but the player is also the subject of interest from the Championship.

Preston’s Eoin Doyle has emerged as an alternative target.

Aston Villa are mulling over whether to rekindle their interest in Jordan Rhodes as we head into the final hours of the January transfer window.

The Middlesbrough striker has been one of Steve Bruce’s primary targets this window and could look to resurrect a deal having previously admitted that it looked dead and buried.

Rhodes was once again left out of the Middlesbrough squad yesterday for their 1-0 win over Accrington Stanley in the FA Cup as talk of the 26-year-old’s future intensifies. Sheffield Wednesday could yet make a late move for his services.

Rotherham are close to signing highly-rated Plymouth defender Ben Purrington, according to reports.