Chelsea fight for 'New Kaka' Lucas Piazon with Juventus

20 December 2010 14:52
Lookout: Chelsea boss Ancelotti[LNB]Juventus are ready to battle Chelsea for Sao Paulo teen Lucas Piazon - who has been dubbed the 'New Kaka'.[LNB]The Blues discovered Piazon, then 15, at a youth tournament in Manchester last year and chief talent spotter Piet de Visser then watched him score a hat trick for Brazil against Bolivia in the South American Under 15 Championship.[LNB]He finished the latter tournament as top scorer with 10 goals and went home with a runners'-up medal.[LNB]No suitors can take him out of Brazil till he reaches 18 in January 2012, but there is no lack of interest in the blossoming 6ft striker.[LNB]Juventus sporting director Giuseppe Marotta confirmed: 'Piazon is a great player, we are following him within the club.[LNB]'We certainly like him, but that doesn't mean he is already ours. We will continue to assess him.'[LNB]Piazon has been compared to Kaka because he is treading the same path, working his way through the Sao Paulo ranks, but he is an out-and-out striker rather than a playmaker like the Real Madrid man.[LNB]In a transitional season stepping up from the Under 15s, he helped Sao Paulo Under 17s finish second in their state championship, scoring six goals.[LNB] The real Kaka: Brazil's No 10 in action against Tanzania earlier this year[LNB] Carlo Ancelotti confident Chelsea's top Drog can rediscover his barkGuardiola talks of an England move after his Barcelona daysChelsea chase Lucas Piazon - Brazil goalscoring machineCHELSEA FC

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