Coventry City and Bristol City are both keen on Barnsley’s Callum Styles following his loan at Millwall last season, reports Alan Nixon.

Barnsley could face a battle to keep hold of the Hungary international between now and the end of the transfer window amid interest from the Championship.

Styles, 23, spent last term with Millwall but is now back at Oakwell as Neill Collins looks to guide the South Yorkshire club back to the second tier.

Reporter Nixon has claimed on his Patreon page that he has emerged on the radar of both Coventry and Bristol City.

Coventry and Bristol City target League One ace

Coventry could see Styles as an ideal replacement for Gus Hamer, who has left for Premier League new boys Sheffield United which is a blow for them. The Sky Blues beat Middlesbrough 3-0 this weekend.

Bristol City have been smart with their recruitment so far this summer and have already delved into the third tier to bring in Jason Knight from Derby County. They secured a 1-0 away win at Millwall yesterday.

Styles has been on the books at Barnsley 2018 and has since made 131 appearances for them in all competitions to date, chipping in with 10 goals. He still has two years left on his contract so they are under no pressure to sell him just yet unless the price is right.

He started his career at local side Bury and broke into their first-team as a youngster before being snapped up by the Tykes. Millwall came calling for him on loan 12 months ago and he went on to play 22 games for the London outfit last term but it doesn’t appear that he will be heading back to The Den with Coventry and Bristol City now linked.

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Leeds United suffer from second PL transfer swoop in a week after bidding for EFL star – Report

Leeds United tabled a bid to sign Gustavo Hamer from Coventry City, but were pipped to the signing by Sheffield United, with the Blades agreeing a £15million deal.

Activity at Elland Road hasn’t been immense in the transfer window thus far, with four well-spread-out signings made thus far.

Joe Rodon was the latest, and it was initially hoped that a defensive recruitment would join him in the form of Max Aarons, before Bournemouth hijacked the deal.

Gustavo Hamer transfer latest

Another prominent target of Leeds’ from the Championship was Gustavo Hamer of Coventry City, with the 26-year-old a massive reason for the Sky Blues being a penalty shootout away from promotion last season.

However, The Telegraph’s Mike McGrath has revealed today that Leeds have missed out on the signing of the midfielder, with Sheffield United swooping in and agreeing a £15million deal with Mark Robins’ side to bring him to Bramall Lane.

Did Leeds table a bid?

Journalist Alan Nixon has now revealed that Leeds did actually table an offer to their EFL rivals Coventry recently.

Premier League returnees Burnley are also said to have made a bid to Coventry, before both sides were beaten to the deal by the Blades, fresh from their Sander Berge windfall as he moved to Turf Moor.