Tottenham Hotspur have made an offer for Man United prodigy JJ Gabriel, but they may struggle to win the race for the teenager.Highly-rated academy winger Tynan Thompson left Hotspur Way to sign for Man United in the summer, and it appeared that the Lilywhites were preparing to give the Red Devils payback by poaching one of their most talented youngsters.It emerged just a couple of days ago that Spurs had made an offer to 15-year-old United starlet JJ Gabriel after he asked to be released by the Manchester club.The teenage winger is considered one of the best young talents in European football, and it was revealed that Tottenham face competition from several Premier League giants as well as European clubs for the youngster.Photo by Manchester United/Manchester United via Getty ImagesReal Madrid emerging as favourites to beat Tottenham to JJ GabrielThe Athletic have now revealed that while United are fighting to keep the 15-year-old at the club, his availability has alerted many of the biggest clubs in world football.This includes Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich, but it is Real Madrid who are now well placed to complete his signing.In fact, it is revealed that Los Blancos have been working on a deal for Gabriel for many months, and have done so covertly.Meanwhile, United have not given up hope of keeping the youngster, with chief executive Omar Berrada involved in trying to salvage the situation. The Manchester club are yet to sanction Gabriel’s request for his contract to be torn up.Spurs’ London rivals are also pushing for GabrielThis report comes just a few days after it was revealed that Chelsea are emerging as one of the front-runners to land the United starlet.The update claimed that the Blues are doing everything in their power to take Gabriel to West London, having eyed a move for him for a long time.It thus appears that Tottenham have their work cut out for them to convince the young forward that a move to Hotspur Way would be the best one for his development.READ MORE: ‘At the heart of it’ – David Ornstein reveals interesting detail about new Tottenham structureThe post Tottenham make offer for JJ Gabriel but suffer blow as clear front-runner emerges appeared first on Spurs Web.