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Manchester City and Manchester United are said to be seeking a venue in Texas for their first-ever derby outside the UK.

The Blues and Reds had lined up the Royal-Memorial Stadium in Austin for the milestone match, which is to take place on July 20 as part of the US leg of the International Champions Cup.

But that fell through due to a scheduling clash and the venue for the friendly clash between Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho is still to be announced.

The 100,000-capacity stadium, which is part of the University of Texas, was pencilled in as the venue, with the game originally earmarked for July 19.

But when one of the teams said that clashed with their travel arrangements, and requested it should be 24 hours later, it became unworkable.

“At this time we don’t plan to host, as we weren’t comfortable with the proposed date,” said a University of Texas athletics department source.

“We do intend to stay in touch with the groups on a potential 2018 event in Austin.”

And Lance Aldridge, executive director of the Austin Sports Commission which recently helped Barcelona's plans for a training academy in the area, said: “It’s very unfortunate this fell through.

“It would have been great for the community, great for the university. I think the match would have drawn in excess of 80,000 fans, maybe 100,000.

“The recent Barcelona announcement shows what the international community sees in Austin. It’s too bad this won’t come off this year. Let’s hope for 2018.”

City will also face Real Madrid in Los Angeles on July 26 and Tottenham in Nashville on July 29.