Manchester City are ready to cash in on defender Nedum Onuoha in January.

The Daily Mail says Stoke, West Brom, Wigan, Middlesbrough and Hull are all monitoring the England Under 21 international's situation as he finds himself down the pecking order at Eastlands.

Onuoha has found himself on the bench for most of the season behind Micah Richards, Tal Ben Haim, Richard Dunne and Pablo Zabaleta in his preferred centre-half and right-back slots.

And with manager Mark Hughes promising defensive reinforcements in January, his prospects of action look even more bleak.

City would want in the region of £4million for Onuoha, 22.