Manchester City are bracing themselves for a blockbuster bid from Real Madrid for Sergio Aguero, Metro reports.

Champions League semi-finalists Real have been linked with a move for the Argentinian forward for the past three months.

Aguero has hotly dismissed ‘rumours’ he is heading to La Liga and said in May: ‘I’m very happy to be at Manchester City. I’m committed to them. It’s a great club.’

But new City manager Manuel Pellegrini is on the brink of signing Alvaro Negredo from and will then turn his attentions to Fiorentina’s Montenegro marksman Stevan Jovetic.