Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal considering to place bid for the next 'Neymar' Gabriel Barbosa
Santos’ 18-year-old Gabriel Barbosa is reportedly being targeted by Premier League sides Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United who seem to have been impressed by the Brazilian forward.
Barbosa has been compared to former Santos star Neymar who had left Santos for Barcelona last year in a deal which included the option allowing the Catalan club to have first choice option for Barbosa, reports Express. A clause like that would mean that Barcelona will have the first option to sign Barbosa if any club offers him a contract.
Barbosa had signed a professional contract with Santos back in 2012 that includes a buyout clause of £40 million and will not expire until 2019. Santos are however said to be open for offers as low as £24m due to his contract expiring in 18 months time, a demand that three of the English clubs are more than capable of fulfilling.
He is a natural forward who likes to play behind the main striker and has made 37 appearances for the first team, scoring 9 goals.