Borussia Dortmund are set to rival Manchester United for Ajax strike sensation Kasper Dolberg.
The 19-year-old is on United’s radar after a breakthrough season in Amsterdam which has brought 11 goals in 28 games and a first senior cap for Denmark.
Jose Mourinho has sent club representatives to Holland to check on the player’s progress, as have Premier League rivals Manchester City and Everton.
And a number of European clubs have done likewise too, including BVB.
While United are unlikely to move this month, Dortmund may press ahead with a move, with Thomas Tuchel’s side returning from their winter break without an available centre-forward.
Lead man Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is currently at the Africa Cup of Nations and his long-term future remains in doubt with him refusing to commit to the club beyond the current season.
And his backup, Adrian Ramos, is leaving the Westfalenstadion for China in a £9.5million move, via a loan spell at Granada until the end of the current European season.
Asked about a potential move this month to replace Ramos, Tuchel responded: "If the opportunity arises, then yes. If not, everything is good.
"I do not want to answer this question too much now, or you'll have the feeling that I've told you the truth, if something happens. "
Dolberg joined Ajax in 2015 from Silkeborg in his homeland, costing just £230,000 after being spotted by John Steen Olsen - the scout who tipped Ajax off to the talents of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Christian Eriksen.
"Kasper is an extraordinary talent,” Olsen has previously declared. "I knew he would be a perfect player for Ajax. Kasper has exceptional qualities: speed, technique, intelligent play and good in the air."
The Amsterdammers now expect to land in excess of £10million should they elect to cash in on the youngster, whose deal at the Amsterdam ArenA runs until 2021.