A flurry of EFL clubs are queuing up to sign a player who has been compared to greats such as Diego Maradona and Paul Gascoigne and who has been referred to as football's version of 'Billy Elliot'.
The player in question is Elliot Anderson, the teenage Newcastle midfielder. Still only 19 and with only 23 senior appearances to his name, Anderson has quickly become one of the most sought-after players for clubs below the Premier League as they each look to win the race for his signature - albeit on a temporary basis for the coming season.
He first came to the fore in early 2021, making his senior debut aged just 18 against Arsenal. But it was only a year later when people truly began to sit up and take notice. Newcastle's decision to sanction a loan deal for Anderson to spend the second half of last season at League Two side Bristol Rovers would largely have gone unnoticed in what was a typically busy transfer window.
