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Blues targeting 11-year-old Barcelona wonderkid Xavier Simons

The youngster has been making quite a stir at Barca’s famed La Masia training facility and the West Londoners are hoping to snap him up whilst he’s still young, reports the Daily Express.

Simons plays as a midfielder and the Catalans are so desperate to hold onto him themsleves they have held talks with his parents over his long-term future.

Yet the Premier League side are prepared to trump this offer and tempt the young Dutchman to England instead.