Manchester City will make a decision over the weekend whether to allow midfielder James McAtee to leave on loan.
Rangers, Swansea City and Girona are considered the front runners with City mindful of allowing the teenager to join a club with a similar footballing philosophy.
Rangers boss Giovanni van Bronckhorst is an advocate of playing possession style football and is a friend of Pep Guardiola.
They share a view of how the game should be played and that could be key to City's decision.