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Exclusive: Juventus challenge Chelsea and Barcelona for exciting Uruguayan starlet

Exclusive: Juventus challenge Chelsea and Barcelona for exciting Uruguayan starlet

Juventus and Chelsea have been scouting promising Uruguayan striker Gustavo Viera who is regarded as one of the most promising footballers in the world at the moment so much so the Guardian has included him among the 60 most interesting prospects at the moment.

Born in 2000, Viera is a centre forward who has not only being scouted by the Serie A and the Premier League giants. According to our reporter in Turin Nicola Balice, Juventus are one of the most interested clubs in signing him.

The Old Lady had been monitoring the 17-year-old last season when Pablo Ribalta was the head scout of the Serie A giants. Ribalta has now moved to Manchester United with Pablo Longoria who has become his successor at Juventus.

Head scouts change at Juve but the interest in Viera remains the same. Chelsea and Barcelona are the toughest competitors for the bianconeri at the moment but the Old Lady wants to anything she can to sign another promising Uruguayan starlet after Rodrigo Bentancur who arrived in Turin last season and has become one of the most exciting prospects in Serie A.