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Tottenham and Manchester City could go to war to land leggy lovely Nir Biton, claims the owner of the rising star's current club (report).

Israeli club FC Ashdod have acknowledged that Biton - widely hyped as the 'new Patrick Vieira' - has been training with Spurs, as manager Andre Villas-Boas ponders a punt on the 20-year-old to play a role in a potentially Luka Modric-free midfield.

And it has been reported that players' agent Pini Zahavi travelled to London with Biton - with talks underway to get a move to Tottenham done.

But FC Ashdod's owner Jacky Ben-Zaken isn't shutting the door on a bidding frenzy just yet!

Ben-Zaken said: “It is not a case of Nir being on trial. He is training with Tottenham and having a look at them, and we will see what develops.

“But he also did well at City, when he spent time with them, and they are still a possibility.”

Everton and Aston Villa have also expressed an interest in Biton in the past, but clearly the kid's club are hoping to get two of the big-money Premier League names slugging it out.

Here's what they are after....