City rivals Inter and AC Milan will battle it out for a highly-rated La Liga defender with a €20m release clause.

Almeria's relegation from La Liga, which has been on the cards for most of the season, is likely to be confirmed in the coming weeks. At that point, they can officially start looking at the next season in Segunda, but before that, the sale will almost certainly be done in the summer.

A player whose future seems to be far from Almeria is Marc Pubill. The 20-year-old right-back has been a rare bright spot this season, and that has led to clubs keeping tabs on him ahead of the summer transfer window.

Pubill, who joined Almeria last summer from Levante, boasts Real Betis and Girona as suitors, and now, it has been reported by Tuttmercatoweb what you do Inter Milan and AC Milan They are both interested in signing the highly-rated youngster – the Nerazzurri see him as a possible replacement for Denzel Dumfries, who himself has been linked with a summer move.

Despite their impending relegation, it seems likely that Almeria will require the release clause of Pubill, which is at 20 million euros, in case of sale. Levante would receive 25% of that, according to a sell-on clause included in the deal last summer.