Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur will compete with Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona to sign midfielder Jean Michael Seri of Nice.

Seri could command a transfer fee of £20 million.

Scouts from Arsenal and Tottenham have watched the player signed from Portuguese side Paços Ferreira in 2015 several times this season.

“There are a lot of clubs that follow me. But there is nothing done,” Seri said last week. “If I leave, it will be to join a club where there is a real desire to play football as in Nice. And I’m not going to be on the bench, I’m leaving only if I know I’m going to play.”