Arsenal and Man City battle it out over £25m Marco Reus

City already working on deal to sign Arsenal target as spending restrictions are lifted

Germany winger Marco Reus
(Image credit: Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty)

As Manchester City and Arsenal look ahead to their Premier League showdown on Saturday the Daily Star claims that the two giants will soon be locked in battle for Germany winger Marco Reus.

Described by the paper a £25m "golden boy", Reus has been linked with Arsenal for months but the Star says City are lining up a big money bid in January to "mark the end of their Uefa-imposed financial restrictions". The Sky Blues' spending was restricted by Uefa earlier in the year after failing to adhere to Financial Fair Play rules but it's believed those restrictions will be lifted next year after they stayed within their spending cap of £49.9m in the summer window.

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Bill Mann is a football correspondent for The Week.co.uk, scouring the world's football press daily for the popular Transfer Talk column.