Bournemouth and Leicester compete for Brentford star Chris Mepham
Bournemouth and Leicester are competing to sign Chris Mepham from Brentford, Sportsmail understands.
But the Championship club have resisted all bids so far, with that latest reaching £12m from Eddie Howe’s side.
Leicester are believed to have seen a £10m offer for rejected and are weighing up whether to go higher for a centre-back who would be behind Harry Maguire and Jonny Evans in the pecking order.
Chris Mepham of Brentford has emerged as a target for Bournemouth and Leicester City
Mepham, 20, enjoyed a breakthrough campaign with Dean Smith last season and earned his first two Wales caps under Ryan Giggs.
The 6ft 3in defender spend his youth at Chelsea before being released at 14 and then came through at Brentford.
Bournemouth are looking to add to their defensive options, while Leicester would like to sign another centre-back to support their established first-teamers.
The young centre back has been the subject of bids of up to £12m, which Brentford rejected
