Rivals Manchester United and Manchester City are on a collision course this summer as they battle to sign Jerome Boateng, according to The Sun.
The German centre-back left the Citizens for Bayern Munich seven years ago but could be set for a Premier League return at the end of the current campaign.
Injuries issues in recent campaigns had troubled the defender but he’s come back this year and managed 21 Bundesliga starts for the runaway leaders in Germany.
Pep Guardiola is thought to be considering a deal to sign the 29-year-old, who is still one of the finest centre-backs in Europe, for a fee in the region of £50million, but Jose Mourinho could throw a spanner in the works.