Barcelona miss out on 17-year-old Brazilian prodigy as Chelsea shut €10 million deal

FC Barcelona have had extra misses than hits in terms of signings from Brazil in recent times.

The likes of Douglas Pereira, Matheus Fernandes, Emerson Royal, Malcom, and extra lately, Vitor Roque, who returned to Brazil this week after an ill-fated stint in Spain, have all confirmed to be poor investments.

Nevertheless, given the riches of expertise on show within the South American nation, Barcelona scouts proceed to maintain an eye fixed out for potential new signings.

Barcelona like Denner Evangelista

One such Brazilian prospect who has caught Barcelona’s eye in current instances is Corinthians teen Denner Evangelista, in response to SPORT.

The left-back, who has simply turned 17, is an impressive footballer for his age, a global at youth ranges for Brazil, and possesses distinctive technical and bodily attributes.

Plenty of Europe’s high golf equipment, together with Barcelona, had him on their radar after watching him carry out within the newest version of the Copinha event.

Denner performed a key position in serving to Corinthians attain the finals of the U-20 event, regardless of a restricted squad, the place they finally misplaced 3-2 towards Sao Paulo. The teenage left-back scored a purpose within the ultimate.

Chelsea set to signal Denner

Nevertheless, Barcelona are all set to overlook out on Denner as Premier League big-spenders Chelsea are poised to signal the 17-year-old prodigy.

Certainly, Chelsea, after weeks of negotiations, moved forward of their rivals and reached a preliminary settlement with Corinthians for €10 million.

An extra 4 million euros in performance-related bonuses are included, relying on Denner’s success with Corinthians’ first staff earlier than his departure. Moreover, Corinthians have secured a 15% revenue clause for any future switch.

As such, Chelsea have now crushed Barcelona and a bunch of different golf equipment who had been monitoring Denner, who will be a part of one other former Barça goal, Estevao, on the London membership within the close to future.