According to Sky Sports, Manchester City will tussle with bitter cross-town rivals Man United for the signature of RB Leipzig centre-back Dayot Upamecano – the defender is reportedly valued at around £52.5 million.
Upamecano, who has made 21 Bundesliga starts for Leipzig this season, is currently emerging as one of the hottest young defensive aces in Europe with both managers Pep Guardiola and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer now keeping tabs on his progress in Germany.
City in particular, appear to be in dire need to strengthen defensively as both Nicolas Otamendi and John Stones have arguably underperformed this season in Aymeric Laporte’s absence.