Barcelona manager Xavi has expressed his intentions of signing Chelsea-linked Endrick from Palmeiras.
The 16-year-old is the latest prodigy from Brazil to attract scouting departments from around Europe. Chelsea are among the teams monitoring the attacker but face competition from the likes of Manchester United as well as Spanish giants Barca and Real Madrid.
He became the youngest player to appear for Palmeiras' first team in October at the tender age of 16 years, two months and 16 days. Already in the infancy of his career, he has scored three goals in the Brazilian Serie A following a hugely successful spell in the club's youth academy.
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The Spain legend is already cast his eye on the talent as Barcelona look to snap up a player dubbed the 'next Neymar'. He told ESPN Brasil : "We have been speaking with his father and also directly with the player.
"I explained the project we have in Barcelona. We want him and he is a talent, capable of making a difference.
"He can score, he can dribble, he has a brutal ability to make the difference. He is a player from the present, who is already playing in the Brazilian league, and also from the future.
“It's the type of player we need. He already knows the project we have at Barcelona and we are talking.
"We hope he becomes our player . It depends on him. It always depends on the player. Usually, a player will end up playing where he wants to play. So it's a very personal decision by Endrick."
As well as PSG and Liverpool, Erik ten Hag's side became the latest European giant to register a reported interest. Florian Plettenberg revealed that the Red Devils had scouted him several times but there is nothing advanced in their interest.
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