Manchester United and Manchester City are battling to sign Jeremie Frimpong from Bayer Leverkusen star this summer.
The right-back has played a starring role in Bayer Leverkusen’s title-winning season that has so far seen them go undefeated across all competitions.
Xabi Alonso’s side will hope to become the first team in Bundesliga history to go unbeaten for a full campaign when they face Augsburg on Saturday, before facing Atalanta and FC Kaiserslautern in the Europa League and DFB-Pokal finals respectively.
Frimpong is known for his defensive solidity but more so for his attacking flair and has contributed an impressive 14 goals and 12 assists so far this term.
A Man City academy graduate, he was sold by the Cityzens to Celtic for just £350,000 in 2019, before he joined Leverkusen for £11.5m two years later.
Pep Guardiola’s side seemingly regret letting him leave and are seriously interested in re-signing the full-back as they eye a long-term replacement for Kyle Walker.
As for Man Utd, co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe is a big admirer of Frimpong and with Aaron Wan-Bissaka expected to depart Old Trafford, the Red Devils need to bring in a new right-back this summer.
