Both Premier League clubs will have scouts viewing Benfica youngster Felix in Portugal's Nations League semi-last against Switzerland in Porto on Wednesday night.
Joined director Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has focused on Portugal's most recent footballing sensation as he starts the revamping of his group after a frustrating season.
Be that as it may, he faces wild challenge from Real, who are frantic to arrive the Benfica young person, City and furthermore Italian monsters Juventus . Benfica need around £120million and Real have just observed an opening offered of around £80m rejected.
Be that as it may, they are presently expected to utilize Benfica's enthusiasm for goalkeeper Keylor Navas to endeavor to secure an arrangement one week from now after the finals.Felix, 19, scored 18 objectives in 33 diversions for Benfica this season and turned into the most youthful player to score an Europa League cap trap since Sergio Aguero when he got three against Eintracht Frankfurt in the quarter finals in April.The young person is set to make his senior introduction for Portugal against the Swiss in Porto, in the wake of being called up for the finals by mentor Fernando Santos.
Also, City's Portuguese star Bernardo Silva has tipped Felix for "a splendid vocation" as Manchester City venture up their enthusiasm for him.
Bernardo, 24, stated: "Felix is exceptionally youthful, he has a mammoth edge for movement, and he has appeared in the event that he works, and on the off chance that he settles on the correct decisions in his vocation, he can make a splendid profession.
"So he could play for the best clubs on the planet and can be a piece of a gathering that couple of players can reach."Super-operator Jorge Mendes speaks to both treble-champ Bernardo and Felix.
Bernardo trusts Felix and Sporting Lisbon's Bruno Fernandes, likewise connected with City, can tie down moves to top European clubs this mid year.
He stated: "I think they are players who have appeared in our (the Portuguese) association that they have a ton of value and could possibly go to groups with progressively aggressive clubs, without being disparaging of our class and our clubs."
In the mean time Portuguese games serve Joao Paulo Rebelo the previous evening named as "a*******" fans who barracked the Benfica youth at Portugal's preparation camp at Espinho on Sunday.Rival Porto fans slammed against the top of the youngsters' folks' vehicle when it landed at the preparation camp, and booed him.
The clergyman stated: "It was a******* conduct of one, two or a bunch of people who don't speak to the help the nation gives our players, particularly when they're wearing the Portugal shirt. Of that I have no doubt."Portugal safeguard Pepe denied that his group were top picks to win the competition this week, in spite of being on home soil, saying: "We are competitors, not top choices."
Britain face the Netherlands on Thursday and the Portuguese are the just one of the four groups in the Nations League finals not to have had any players engaged with the Europa or Champions League finals a week ago.
Be that as it may, Pepe stated: "I, for one, was in the Portuguese Cup last a week ago and following a couple of days to rest, I needed to change the 'chip ' for another challenge. However, we are shielding our nation, we don't need to apologize for that. We have enough quality."
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