Real Madrid are ready to pounce for Manchester City contract rebel Brahim Diaz.

The London Evening Standard says City are battling to keep youngster Brahim with Real Madrid ready to pounce,.

Diaz, 19, is highly-rated at the Etihad and with just a year left on his current deal, a host of clubs are on red alert.

The Spaniard, regarded as one of the hottest teenagers on the continent could return home to join the European champions.

Alongside Phil Foden, Diaz has been earmarked as a star of the future and nailed on to make a permanent breakthrough into Pep Guardiola's first-team set up.

Brahim is represented by Pep's brother, Pere Guardiola, and it would not go down well among the club top brass if a family member of the head coach took an academy prospect to the Bernabeu.