After Manchester City’s interest in the Benfica youngster Florentino has been revealed by the Italian and the English press, Portuguese newspaper A Bola today brings a very good piece on the chase.
The outlet claims that the Premier League side have been following the midfielder for a while, and had emissaries in Lisbon watching him twice.
One of the games scouted by Manchester City was Sunday’s match against Vitória de Setúbal for the Portuguese league. A Bola says the Citizens were not on the official list of scouts, but they did have two officials keeping an eye on Florentino.
A Bola has also learned that Florentino now has the attention of Pep Guardiola, who sees him as a ‘project of success’, and doesn’t want to lose the competition for the 19-year-old.
The wonderkid only has nine appearances for Benfica’s first team and hasn’t had much time to prove himself yet, but his performances will be getting a lot more attention now.