Manchester City teenager Tyrese Campbell - son of former Arsenal forward Kevin - is ready to quit the club.

A number of the Premier League’s top club’s are circling round the 16-year-old forward after he snubbed a new deal at the Etihad Stadium.

Campbell has told City chiefs he will not be signing a scholarship deal owing to fears over his progression at the club.

Teenager Tyrese Campbell (left), pictured playing for England U 16s, has turned down a new deal at City

The 16-year-old is the son of former Arsenal striker Kevin Campbell (left), pictured in 1993

The youngster is highly-rated at City, scoring regularly for the club’s junior teams.

Arsenal and West Ham are understood to be interested in taking the teenager if the issue isn’t resolved.

The news comes after Sportsmail revealed in February how City were facing a fight to keep their best young players amid fears their first-team pathways will be blocked by Pep Guardiola.

A clutch of the club’s most talented Under-16s have been stalling on signing contracts, concerned their route to senior football will be hampered by the impending Galactico era.

There are fears that Pep Guardiola's arrival at the Etihad could block youngsters' future development

Guardiola will be handed a huge transfer kitty when he arrives from Bayern Munich in the summer with some of world football’s most high-profile stars on his wanted list.

And the club’s transfer plans are not going unnoticed by the club’s starlets, who are concerned their chances of first-team football will be non-existent under Guardiola.

City’s U16s are regarded as one of the most promising to emerge from the club's academy in recent years. It would come as a massive setback to City if they were to lose any of their best youngsters.

Kelechi Iheanacho (centre) is one of the few players to break through into the first team this season

City have invested big money into their academy set-up with ambitions of producing their own first-team players.

There’s been evidence of City’s investment into their youth set-up bearing fruit this season.

Kelechi Iheanacho and Bersant Celina are among the players to have made the first-team breakthrough from the academy this season.