Scott Carson close to Bursaspor move

Former Albion captain Scott Carson is close to completing a £2million move to Turkish club Bursaspor - pushing the Baggies' bid to find a new goalkeeper into overdrive.

The club have no fewer than four keepers on their radar as boss Roy Hodgson's summer overhaul begins to gather momentum.

Relegated West Ham's Robert Green, eager to keep his Premier League status to revive his England career, is joined by Manchester City's Shay Given and Newcastle's Steve Harper on the Baggies' wanted list.

Former Albion goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak also remains a contender for Hodgson, who also has to find a replacement for Dean Kiely.

Kiely is the club's goalkeeping coach and doubled as third choice last season but is not having his playing contract renewed.

And Carson was in Bursa yesterday to hammer out a three-year deal with the Turkish club.

Although elevated to the captaincy by former boss Roberto Di Matteo, Carson has never wholly convinced the Hawthorns public of his merits and Hodgson was known to have made a new No 1 a priority this summer.

The chance to make a fresh start in the white-hot atmosphere of Turkish football has appealed to the 26-year-old former England international, signed for £3.25million in readiness for Albion's Premier League campaign under Tony Mowbray in 2008.