Manchester City and Manchester United are set to battle it out this summer to sign Athletic Bilbao’s highly-rated midfielder Ander Herrera, according to The Sun.

The 22-year-old box-to-box man has been labelled ‘the Spanish Steven Gerrard’ and has impressed in the Basque club’s stellar La Liga campaign and progression to the Europa League semi-finals.

City are believed to have sent chief scout Rob Newman and football officer Brian Marwood to watch Herrera during Bilbao’s draw at Granada on Wednesday.

United meanwhile have had first-hand experience of playing against Herrera this term, with Marcelo Bielsa’s side knocking the Red Devils out of the Europa League.

The midfielder still has four years left on his contract at San Mames, but a transfer fee of around £16 million is being touted for the English sides to potentially land their man.

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