Chelsea conserving tabs on RB Salzburg starlet Kerim Alajbegovic

Chelsea are conserving tabs on extremely rated RB Salzburg starlet Kerim Alajbegovic forward of a attainable swoop subsequent summer time, as per Ekrem Konur.

Alajbegovic has been in wonderful kind throughout his debut marketing campaign with Salzburg, recording six objectives and one help in 21 appearances.

His latest objectives in Salzburg’s final two league matches have been essential, permitting the Austrian champions to attract degree on factors with leaders Sturm Graz.

Whereas he’s nonetheless searching for his first objective contribution within the Europa League, his spectacular shows within the competitors have earned him widespread recognition, attracting curiosity from a number of golf equipment, together with Chelsea, who proceed to pursue a youth-driven recruitment technique.

That is in accordance with Konur, who claims that Chelsea are conserving tabs on the Bosnia and Herzegovina worldwide’s progress and will make a transfer for the teen subsequent yr.

At 18, the left winger has already earned 4 caps for Bosnia and has netted within the September worldwide break, turning into his nation’s youngest ever goalscorer since 1993.

Therefore, it’s no shock a number of golf equipment throughout Europe are set to battle with the Blues for his signature, with Konur including that Premier League giants Manchester United, together with Actual Madrid and FC Porto, are additionally monitoring the teen.

Prospect

Having solely joined Salzburg from Bayer Leverkusen’s youth setup in the summertime, the Austrian giants will likely be eager on retaining Alajbegovic past subsequent summer time except a sizeable charge effectively above his £4.4m Transfermarkt valuation is met.

Chelsea have constructed a transparent youth-focused recruitment mannequin aimed toward securing the brightest rising skills from Europe and South America. In latest home windows, they’ve introduced within the likes of Kendry Paez, Aaron Anselmino, Geovany Quenda, Gabriel Slonina, and Caleb Wiley.

Estevao Willian and Andrey Santos are presently a part of the primary staff, with the previous already making a reputation for himself after turning into the youngest ever Brazilian to attain the profitable objective within the Premier League and rating a objective within the Champions League in addition to the EFL Cup.

The West London membership should not relenting efforts and at the moment are seeking to purchase extra younger prospects, with the newest on the listing being Salzburg’s prodigy Alajbegovic.

With a number of prime European golf equipment additionally conserving tabs on the teen, it stays to be seen whether or not the Blues will make a fast transfer to safe his signature or shift their focus to different positions, given their substantial depth on the left wing.