Liverpool and Manchester United scouts have reportedly been on the very same scouting mission through the worldwide break with two gamers watched specifically. Club scouts are all the time scouring the globe looking for the following celebrity expertise.

United discovered a gem in signing Alejandro Garnacho from Atletico Madrid in 2020 whereas Bayern Munich managed to steal Jamal Musiala from Chelsea's academy when he was simply 16 years of age. Scouts are all the time tasked with discovering the following huge factor and the worldwide break is usually an opportunity for employees to leap on a aircraft around the globe to take a better take a look at prospects.

As nicely as focusing on younger abilities for the membership's academy, scouts are additionally tasked with discovering potential bargains round a few of the high leagues. Players reminiscent of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Nemanja Vidic, Vincent Kompany and N'Golo Kante went from relative obscurity to the heights of European and world soccer after being scouted from throughout Europe.

And rivals Liverpool and United have seemingly used the worldwide break to attempt to discover the following younger celebrity defender. According to 90min, each Premier League golf equipment had been current to see Antonio Silva in motion for Portugal of their Euro 2024 qualifier in opposition to Slovakia.

They weren't alone as Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Atletico Madrid scouts had been additionally mentioned to be in attendance. Silva helped his nation maintain a clear sheet within the essential win with the 19-year-old already a daily for Benfica's beginning line-up.

Scouts for Liverpool and United then reportedly hopped on a aircraft to Italy to catch Atalanta starlet Giorgio Scalvini in motion in opposition to Ukraine. The teenage centre-back performed the complete 90 minutes as Italy picked up a much-needed win over Ukraine.

He was enjoying alongside Alessandro Bastoni, who has additionally been linked with a transfer to the Premier League. Scalvini made his debut for Atalanta two years in the past and has already established himself as a key a part of their beginning line-up.

Rumours round his future started to flow into earlier than this 12 months's summer season switch window with the 19-year-old refusing to get drawn on a possible transfer to the Premier League. “It may be nice [to move to the Premier League], but I read in passing and that’s it," he said in May.

"I’m concentrated here at Atalanta. None of us can know what the future holds for me, I just have to think about doing well at Atalanta.”