The Red and Blue sides of Manchester are set for a transfer battle.

It looks like both Man Utd and Man City share a need for reinforcing their midfield, and both clubs are assessing options ahead of the summer transfer window as they plot changes in the centre of the pitch.

Newcastle United midfielder Sandro Tonali is among several names under consideration for both sides, with clubs across the Premier League monitoring his situation amid the endless comments from his agent, who’s seemingly more interested in moving the Italy international out of Tyneside than the player actually is…

Football insider and Saudi connoisseur Fabrizio Romano reported on his YouTube channel on March 18 that the Red Devils and the Cityzens have an interest in the Italian maestro.

“Two clubs from the Premier League have called for Sandro Tonali to be informed of the situation,” Romano said. “Manchester City and Manchester United are both following the situation. So there is a lot of interest from Arsenal, from Man City and from Man United…”

Romano, however, warned that talks remain at an early stage, seemingly prebuilding a way to escape this mess in case he’s wrong and the report is clickbait. Surprise!

“We know how complicated it is to negotiate with Newcastle. It is still \[in the\] early stages with conversations with Man United, with Manchester City,” Romano said. “Man United have several names on their shortlist for the midfielder. It’s not only one or two because this will depend on the budget.

“This will depend on who’s going to be the manager. This will depend on which kind of player Man United will want to sign. Could be one, could be two. So, there are several factors that are going to impact who is going to be the midfielder for Man United. It is not only one name at the moment, the list is including several names before they meet internally, and they say, ‘okay, let’s go for this one’.”

Newcastle are not reported to be actively pursuing a sale, and Tonali remains under a long-term contract on Tyneside, with everybody but his agent as happy in Magpie land as one could imagine.

Manchester Clubs Tracking Sandro Tonali Situation, Claims Fabrizio Romano