The largest clubs in Europe continue to search Latin -America for the best emerging talent on the continent, and nowhere has a happier hunting grounds of recent times than Palmeiras. The Brazilian giants have sold people like Willian Estevao, Endrick Felipe and Vitor Reis for more than € 100 million.
The newest talent to fascinate scouts from Europe is defender Luiz Benedetti. The 19-year-old center-back started with the first team under Abel Ferreira and is tipped to be one of the next wonder kids to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
According to Sport (via Semper Barca), Barcelona has received positive feedback about Benedetti from their scouts. The teenage defender has the advantage of being a left -wing central defender, scarce on the market and is already an impressive figure. Benedetti is at 197cm (6'5) and is said to stand out for his air power, positioning and speed. He also has an Italian passport that would facilitate a switch to a European giant.
However, the potential of Benedetti is no secret, and a number of European giants seem to have evaluated to him positively. Only Arsenal has reported about the interest of the gunners in him, and the Catalan daily says that Arsenal has already presented an offer of € 10 million for Benedetti. Moreover, the Italian giant Napoli also made contact about a possible movement. They are planning to put together an offer in the coming days.
Given the interest in Benedetti, Barcelona may have to move quickly to sign him. As it looks now, their complete focus seems to be on registering their current players and sealing the necessary outputs to do this. Since Benedetti is already playing in the Copa Libertadores for Palmeiras, Barcelona should probably offer him a role in the first team, or initially lend him.