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Manchester City and Liverpool keeping tabs on Premier League wonderkid: He's highly rated
LIVERPOOL and Manchester City are monitoring West Ham wonderkid Ajibola Alese, reports claim.
Ajibola Alese is wanted by Liverpool and Manchester City
Alese is one of the hottest prospects of the West Ham academy.
The 16-year-old defender has made a big impact playing for the Hammers' Under-18s team.
Slaven Bilic is keen to fastback him into the first team squad in the near future having been impressed by his displays.
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has promoted youngsters such as Ben Woodburn this season
However, The Sun claim both Manchester City and Liverpool are interested in luring him away from the London Stadium.
The Premier League giants are determined to bolster their academies by signing the best youngsters in England and Europe.
Ajibola is still a schoolboy and West Ham will have to offer him a professional contract in order to tie him down.
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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has given his youngsters some game time this season, with Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ben Woodburn and Ovie Ejaria featuring.
City manager Pep Guardiola, meanwhile, promoted the kids during his time in charge of both Bayern Munich and Barcelona and could adopt a similar approach at the Etihad Stadium.