Chelsea and Manchester City receive encouragement to sign FC Twente’s Ruud Nijstad in the summer. 

The 18-year-old has caught the attention of a few European clubs, including Chelsea and Manchester City.

Earlier this week, Sport Witness covered claims from the Dutch press that Chelsea want to bring him to the Premier League.

The same report stated the Blues plan to buy him and immediately send him back on loan to Twente. There was no mention of Manchester City.

The Eredivisie side promoted the centre-back to the first team in October and has been a regular since then.

His league stats this season are as follows:

• Appearances: 16
• Starts: 13
• Total minutes: 1,251
• Minutes per game: 78

Chelsea and Manchester City follow player

As well as the Club World Cup winners and Pep Guardiola’s side, Barcelona are also in the mix.

That’s according to ESPN NL, who report of Chelsea, Manchester City and the La Liga side all are showing interest in Ruud Nijstad.

ESPN NL also had a chat with the Netherlands U19 international to get his views on these clubs’ interest.

Responding to that, he said: “I try...