Manchester City are battling Real Madrid for Real Mallorca winger Marco Asensio.
The Daily Mail says City manager Manuel Pellegrini is a huge admirer of Asensio's dazzling wing play and feels he would have little difficulty adapting to the Barclays Premier League.
But worrying for him, Real are already on the case and making plans to meet the teenager's £3.3million release clause.
It goes up to £7.4million next year, but Real are confident of acting before then and seeing off competition from a host of top European clubs headed by City.
