Manchester United have made a bid worth just under £74m (€85m) for RB Leipzig striker, Benjamin Sesko.
The fee is an initial £65m plus around £8.9m (€75m + €10m) in performance-related add-ons.
Newcastle have also been working on a deal for Sesko.
They made a second bid of £69.7m plus add-ons, which was higher than Manchester United’s, after an initial offer of just under £70m (€80m) plus add-ons.
RB Leipzig are now internally discussing and evaluating the Newcastle and Man Utd offers and their structures, according to Sky in Germany.
Sesko has been open to both projects, but one source told Sky Sports News he is leaning towards Manchester United.
The 22-year-old was absent from RB Leipzig’s pre-season friendly loss to Atalanta on Saturday due to his expected departure from the club. The striker, who has told his team-mates that he will be leaving, trained indoors away from the team at Leipzig’s training complex on yesterday.
Man Utd’s bid for Sesko could have ramifications for Newcastle striker Alexander Isak.
Newcastle will only let Isak leave St James’ Park if they can bring in a ready-made replacement.
Liverpool had a bid of £110m plus add-ons rejected by the Magpies.
Newcastle are also interested in Yoane Wissa, who was not part of Brentford’s squad for their friendly against QPR on Saturday as he pushes for a move.
—skysports