Man City, Tottenham and Liverpool sends scouts to watch Lazio’s Manchester United target Sergej Milinkovic-Savic
United did not follow up initial interest in the Serbian midfielder valued at over £70million in the summer but Lazio are hopeful of tying him down to a new contract
MANCHESTER CITY, Liverpool and Tottenham have joined the race to land Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, according to reports.
The Lazio midfielder was heavily linked with a summer switch to Manchester United who failed to follow up their initial interest.
claims Liverpool, City and Spurs will rival United if the Serie A side are prepared to do business.
And the trio sent scouts to the Stadio Olimpico to see the 23-year-old score in I Biancocelesti's 4-1 win over Genoa last month.
Lazio boss Simone Inzaghi is desperate to hold onto the Serbian star valued at £70million.
And despite huge interest from the Premier League, the Italian side are hopeful of agreeing a new deal for the midfielder who has another four years to run on his current contract.
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City are keen to add another midfielder to their ranks after Pep Guardiola seeks a long-term replacement for 33-year-old Fernandinho.
Pep missed out on his top target Jorginho who opted to join Chelsea.
Liverpool are well a stocked in central midfield with Jordan Henderson, James Milner, Georginio Wijnaldum, Naby Keita and Fabinho all at Jurgen Klopp’s disposal.
Spurs failed to add a single player in the summer and would struggle if there was a bidding war for Milinkovic-Savic who moved to Rome from Genk three years ago.