Thursday, September 16, 2010

Chelsea Tracking Spanish Teen Strike Sensation


Chelsea are scouting Malaga starlet Juanmi after the teenager's emergence as one of Spain's hottest properties.

Real Madrid and Barcelona are also keeping tabs on the 17-year-old forward, who scored twice against Real Zaragoza on Sunday.

Juanmi became the youngest ever player to score a brace in the Primera Liga and that has attracted the interest of Spain's super-clubs, but Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti also been alerted.

The player has only just signed a new five-year contract at Malaga, but the deal includes an £8m buy-out clause.

Malaga boss Jesualdo Ferreira said: "He could go very far."

Junami's agent Javier Dieguez added: "This is not a surprise for us but for now he is focused on doing well for Malaga."

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