HUDDERSFIELD TOWN and Leeds United are in a scrap for Iceland defender Sverrir Ingason.

The Granada centre-back, 23, has a £2million release clause which the Yorkshire rivals are both willing to meet.

3 Both Huddersfield and Leeds want Icelander Sverrir Ingason Credit: Getty Images

Ingason moved to the La Liga outfit in January but the terms of his contract mean he could leave within six months for a bargain fee.

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Huddersfield have been tracking him since his days at Lokeren in Belgium when he played regularly for their first team.

New Leeds boss Thomas Christiansen is also a fan from his knowledge of European football, with Ingason also playing in Norway with Viking FK.

Ingason was part of Iceland’s historic European Championships team last year which reached the quarter-finals.

He featured in the victory over Austria that sealed a clash with England in the second round and also came off the bench in the defeat to France in the last eight.

3 Ingason does battle with the Republic of Ireland's Kevin Doyle Credit: PA:Press Association

3 Ingason sends the Republic's James McClean tumbling Credit: Reuters

In Iceland he is considered one of their hottest prospects and has been tipped to make it to the Premier League.

Granada signed him in the last transfer window and agreed a three-and-a-half year deal.

But his release clause means he can leave when Huddersfield or Leeds meet the £2m fee.