Manchester City and Everton could go head to head in a bid for out-of-favour Chelsea winger Shaun Wright-Phillips.
The England international has failed to become a regular under three different managers at Stamford Bridge and has now been told his first-team chances are limited under new boss Luiz Felipe Scolari.
Although he has always stressed he wants to stay with at the Bridge, at 26 he realises his chances of fulfilling his potential and forcing his way back into the England team may require him to move on.
In theory, a move back to City, where he made his name before his £21million transfer to The Blues, would be ideal.
However Wright-Phillips, a product of City's highly-rated academy system, is known to have reservations about rejoining them.
Former City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson failed to tempt Wright-Phillips back to Eastlands on loan last summer but now it seems Mark Hughes is ready to try again.
However, Everton are also interested, with David Moyes realising he needs to strengthen his squad if the Toffeemen are to stand a chance of matching last term's fifth-placed finish.
Everton can offer a guaranteed place in Europe, something City are unable to do at present given they will start the away leg of their UEFA Cup qualifier with FC Midtjylland one goal down on Thursday.
If City do progress, it could just swing the deal, which is rated as a better chance of going ahead than one for Craig Bellamy, which has also been rumoured.
Tuesday, 26 August 2008
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