Liverpool and Chelsea suffer transfer blow as teenage target likened to Eberechi Eze is set to stay
TBR Football can exclusively reveal that Liverpool and Chelsea will be unable to complete a deal for attacking midfielder Emmerson Sutton, who is now set to stay at Queens Park Rangers.
The 17-year-old, who has come through QPR’s academy has been compared to Eberechi Eze, who also made a name for himself at Loftus Road before eventually heading to Crystal Palace.
Liverpool signed Rio Ngumoha this summer from Chelsea, which highlights their interest in bolstering their youth ranks.
While Chelsea have prioritised the signing of young talent under the Blue Co ownership and they look like they will continue to do so in the future.
Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham and Man City suffer transfer heartbreak for Emmerson Sutton
Sources have told Graeme Bailey — TBR Football’s chief correspondent that apart from Liverpool and Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City, Newcastle United and Brighton & Hove Albion have all been interested in signing Sutton.
The teenager has been making headlines, recently scoring a hat-trick against Arsenal in the FA Youth Cup in a 3-3 draw where QPR ended up losing 4-2 on penalties.
TBR Football understands that despite the interest from Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham, Manchester City, Newcastle and Brighton in securing Sutton’s services, he is close to penning his first professional contract with the London-based club.
Furthermore, the Englishman is also close to getting a look-in as a first-team player in Marti Cifuentes’ squad.
Emmerson Sutton career stats
The youngster’s senior career is yet to start.
But at youth level, Sutton has scored four goals in four appearances in the FA Youth Cup.
The highly-touted prospect can both play as a number 10 and as a winger.
If Sutton impresses at first-team level, it will be interesting to see if any of the aforementioned Premier League clubs re-ignite their interest in his signature.
World Cup winning midfielder says he nearly signed for Liverpool and Arsenal at one stage
Liverpool have had their fair share of transfer near misses over the years.
Just last summer, Liverpool tried to sign Martin Zubimendi, and now, Zubimendi looks set for Arsenal instead, while, in the past, Liverpool nearly signed Sol Campbell from Tottenham at one point, while Edwin van der Sar almost joined Liverpool too.
Now, a former World Cup-winning midfielder has shared how he almost signed for Liverpool too.
Indeed, speaking to the BBC, Sami Khedira has spoken about why he never came to the Premier League,.
The German says that he always wanted to come to England, and a deal was close a few times as he spoke to Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea, but, for some reason, a deal couldn’t be done.
