Manchester United and Manchester City chasing €24m Brazilian teenage forward

Manchester United and Manchester City are reportedly set to go head-to-head in their attempts to land Brazil youth international starlet Gabriel Jesus, according to Globo (via the Mirror).

The Premier League rivals, who finished fifth and fourth in the English top-flight standings last term respectively, have both been linked with luring the Palmeiras forward to Manchester ahead of the new term.

New City boss Guardiola – Photo: Simon Stacpoole / Offside.

The 19-year-old, who has featured for Brazil’s Under-23 squad and is set to represent his country at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic next month, has scored a remarkable 15 goals and provided three assists in 19 appearances in all competitions for the Serie A outfit this season.

Gabriel Jesus, who is also understood to be attracting interest from fellow European giants FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, and Paris Saint-Germain, has a buyout clause of €24m.

However the report suggests that Pep Guardiola’s Citizens have launched an opening offer of €32m for the highly-rated forward, but Jose Mourinho’s Red Devils are willing to splash out €35m.