According to reports, there is a \u2018wild card\u2019 in the race between Manchester United and Manchester City to sign Nottingham Forest star Elliot Anderson.<\/p>\n
The Nottm Forest star has sparkled for the English side over the past couple of seasons, having quickly developed into one of the best midfielders in the Premier League.<\/p>\n
Therefore, it is hardly surprising that Anderson <\/a>is being heavily linked with a move elsewhere at the moment, with the England international expected to be involved in one of this summer\u2019s biggest transfers.<\/p>\n Anderson has been linked with a wide array of clubs across Europe, but Man City and Man Utd<\/a> have been mooted as likely destinations for the talented midfielder.<\/p>\n It had been assumed that he would join Man City, but a report this week has claimed that Man Utd feel they can beat their rivals to this potential \u00a3100m transfer.<\/a><\/p>\n Journalist Ben Jacobs has now stated that Man City are currently the \u201cfront runners\u201d for Anderson, though a bid from Man Utd \u201cis not to be discounted\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cCity are the front runners and have got player buy-in. But Manchester United haven\u2019t given up either,\u201d Jacobs said on talkSPORT.<\/p>\n READ: Neville\u2019s \u2018shock role\u2019 for England at World Cup revealed amid incredible Man Utd midfield masterplan<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cIf Manchester United try, suddenly Nottingham Forest have got a bidding war, and it makes it even harder for either Manchester club to get a price below 100 million pounds.<\/p>\n \u201cSo Man City still consider themselves the front runners, but a Manchester United bid is not to be discounted.\u201d<\/p>\n Evangelos Marinakis is a \u201cwild card\u201d in the Elliot Anderson transfer race<\/p>\n Jacob has also explained that Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis is a \u201cwild card\u201d in talks over Anderson this summer.<\/p>\n \u201cThe better he does at the World Cup, the higher the price, maybe even the more resistant Evangelos Marinakis will be to selling,\u201d Jacobs added.<\/p>\n