Man City, Chelsea leading race for ex-EPL player

Both Manchester City and Chelsea are weighing up potential offers for Sevilla midfielder Steven N'Zonzi for the summer transfer window.

The French footballer has transformed for the Europa league holders since arriving from English club Stoke City in the summer of 2015.

Recent speculation suggested that the 28-year-old has inked a one-year extension to his existing Sevilla contract - due to expire in 2019 - in order to up his buy-out clause.

However, The Mirror claims that no such agreement has been put in place and the Congolese-born star is free to leave Seville, should one of the big clubs come forward to match his £26m escape clause.

The former Blackburn Rovers man will seek to end Leicester City's hopes of reaching the quarter-final of the Champions League when his side take on the Foxes in the last 16, second-leg, holding a 2-1 advantage.

N'Zonzi, who has recently earned comparisons with Arsenal great Patrick Vieira is an outside candidate to make Didier Deschamps' Les Bleus for the upcoming internationals Luxembourg and Spain.