RYAN SESSEGNON has caught the eye of Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola.
Fulham’s teenage left-back has been a sensation in his first few appearances at Championship level.
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City are already convinced he can cut it in the Premier League — and for England.
Tottenham have had a go for Sessegnon — who turns 17 on May 18 — and know that the Cottagers want at least £8million for the local lad.
Pep will get the cheque book out as City believe Sessegnon could play for them immediately because of his outrageous potential.
The Etihad outfit know left-back is a problem area and rather than sign a more experienced player, they could have the answer in a teenager.
Sessegnon joined Fulham with his twin brother Steven in 2008 and started out with the Under-nines.
He is being compared to Gareth Bale because of his ability to power forward and the way he uses the ball when he attacks.
Despite his age, the fact he has the attacking flair Guardiola demands makes him a priority target.
Wear off to London
SUNDERLAND are looking into a bizarre plan to set up a training camp in LONDON — over 200 miles from Wearside.
The hush-hush project would see the first-team squad split their time between their current North-East base and a new home down south.
The idea is to make the Black Cats more attractive to foreign or even London-based players and make it easier to sign top talent.
If players did not have to move to join boss David Moyes on the North East coast — famed for its freezing weather — they might sign and have their family base near the capital.
Chiefs have been checking out potential sites, with QPR’s training ground near Heathrow a favourite as the R’s are due to leave.
However it would be a radical change and their fans may not be amused.
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Sam not in his Palace yet
SAM ALLARDYCE has put the brakes on a move to a posh new home as he worries about his Crystal Palace future.
Big Sam was due to sign off on a year-long rental agreement for a posh property in the exclusive Farnborough Park near the Eagles HQ.
The plush pad costs around £20,000 a month and the former England boss was ready to sign on the dotted line until he put things on hold after Palace’s alarming dip in form.
Allardyce will now stay in a hotel when he is in the capital and review his living arrangements at the end of the season.
Ahm outta here
AHMAD BENALI hopes that popping a couple of goals past pal Joe Hart will help earn him a summer move.
The midfielder, 26, was at Manchester City with Hart and scored a brace for lowly Pescara against the Torino keeper last weekend.
Benali may escape the Serie A side at the end of the campaign when they seem sure to be relegated.
Wat talent
NORWICH must battle Derby and Sheffield United to prise Ollie Watkins, 21, away from Exeter.
The Canaries plan to rejig their squad in the summer and value the League Two forward at around £2million.
It's Uw you know
UWE ROSLER is pencilled in as Huddersfield’s next manager if David Wagner moves on.
Rosler has done well at Fleetwood following his bitter-sweet experiences with Wigan and Leeds.
Terriers big-wig Stuart Webber is a fan and Rosler would be a target should fellow German Wagner leave.
TOP scout Lee Congerton is wanted in China and could join the money trail to the Far East.
Chelsea’s former chief scout has been picked out by a leading club and will be offered a lucrative deal to move.
Congerton, who also worked as Sunderland’s sporting director and Hamburg’s technical director, will help find future talent and pick up a huge salary in the cash-rich Chinese league.
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