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Manchester City and Arsenal want to land Borussia Dortmund striker Robert Lewandowski.

City have been alerted by Lewendowski’s claim that his proposed move to Bayern Munich when his contract expires next summer is not a done deal.

Etihad boss Manuel Pellegrini may even be prepared to sacrifice Edin Dzeko in a swap deal for the 25-year-old Pole if City are given further encouragement by the player.

Arsenal remain cash rich and keen to sign a world class striker. The Gunners are prepared to pay £25million to land Lewandowski in the January window before he becomes a free agent next summer.

That move highights Arsenal fears that they will not be able to recruit Wayne Rooney from Manchester United or Liverpool’s Luis Suarez.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger pulled off the sensational transfer of Germany’s Mezut Ozil under the noses of his rivals in the summer.

He is now poised to pounce for Lewandowski if he can prise the player away from Bayern Munich’s clutches.

At City Dzeko, 27, has scored four goals in eight appearances this term but his performances have been so inconsistent.

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He has less than two years left on his contract and City have given no indication that they want to hand him an extension.

Dortmund were tracking the 6ft 4ins striker towards the end of last season when it became clear that he had fallen out of favour at City. They recall how he was a prolific marksman in the Bundeslige with Wolfsburg.

Dortmund have vowed in the past that they won’t sell Lewandowski to arch-rivals Bayern. If he moves as a free agent next summer there’s nothing they can do to block the move.

But their last throw can be doing a deal in January with an English club.

Lewandowski’s view that he wants to play in England have heightened the Premier League duo’s interest.

“I don’t think it is a real big surprise that I have expressed a desire to play in England at some point in my career,” said Lewandowski.

“The Premier League is one of the best and most exciting in the world because it is attractive for most of the world’s top players.”