Chelsea and Manchester City are among the clubs interested in signing Everton youngster Ishe Samuels-Smith
As per the Daily Mail, Chelsea are among the Premier League clubs with Manchester City and Tottenham that are interested in young Everton left-back Ishe Samuels-Smith.
The 17-year-old England U17 international has been part of the Everton youth system since two years ago. His brother, Odin, is also part of the Toffees’ setup.
Chelsea, City and Spurs have been keeping an eye on Samuels-Smith’s development, with the Blues preparing a bid to sign him in this summer window.
The Manchester-born player is a left-back who can play as a centre-back if required. He is labelled as the ‘Leighton Baines’ in a remark with the Everton legend who did very well for the club while playing as a left-back.
Samuels-Smith hasn’t made a senior appearance for the Toffees yet, but has impressed lots of people with his performances for the youth teams.
Chelsea have signed a plethora of young players in the last 12 months to lower the average of the first-team squad and bolster the youth teams. Knowing that their target hasn’t played a senior game yet, they might look to sign him and ask him to continue developing his game in the Academy before vying for a place in the first team.
It would also be interesting to know whether Everton would want to sell their young asset. The Toffees are known for handing out opportunities to young players before selling them or making them a regular in the senior squad.
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Will they want to see Samuels-Smith playing for their senior team first before contemplating selling him? We do not know much about that. What we know is that there are top English clubs, including Chelsea, that are impressed by what they see from the 17-year-old. It means that he is good and worth paying money for.