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Nottingham Forest and Preston North End battling it out for Manchester City youngster

Nottingham Forest and Preston North End are battling it out for Manchester City goalkeeper Aro Muric.

The 20-year-old is close to picking a loan club for next season, according to journalist Alan Nixon on Twitter.

The Championship duo have a decent chance of landing the highly-rated young shot stopper who is in need of some first-team experience.

Muric, who is 6ft 6inc, played five times for City last season in the League Cup. His contract at the Etihad Stadium expires in 2021.

The Swiss-born ‘keeper started his career with spells as a youngster at YF Juventus, FC Zurich and Grasshoppers before he moved to England to join the Blues in July 2017.

Muric has been a key player for City’s youth sides during his time in Manchester. He had a brief loan spell in the Dutch Eredivisie with NEC Breda last season but played just once before Pep Guardiola’s side recalled him as back-up.

He is also a Kosovo international with five caps to his name so far in his career having previously represented Montenegro at Under-21 level.

Muric would benefit from going out on loan and playing a full season in the Championship.

Nottingham Forest have been linked with him for a while as Martin O’Neill’s men hunt down a new ‘keeper for the next campaign.

Preston are an option for City though and they loaned out Lukas Nmecha to the Lilywhites last season so already have links with them.

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