Moise Kean (Juventus – striker)
One player that Leeds United have already been linked to, and who is a client of Raiola, is Juventus’ teen striker Moise Kean. The 18-year-old Italy youth international is seen as a rising talent at La Vecchia Signora, but will obviously find it difficult to break through at the Italian giants.
Scorer of 13 goals in 28 games at youth international level, Kean is a starlet with goals in him. He’s scored 43 goals in 61 youth games at Juventus, as well as scoring once in four first team games – despite playing only 23 minutes! He’s currently on loan at Serie A side Hellas Verona, where he’s scored four times in 20 Serie A games this season.
Hachim Mastour (AC Milan – attacking midfield)
19-year-old Mastour is an Italian-born Moroccan full international, the youngster winning one cap two-and-a-half years ago against Libya with a one minute cameo appearance. The youngster was signed by Milan from Reggiano youth and has already seen loan deals out to Malaga and PEC Zwolle, where he has played nine games in their Under-21 set-up (one goal/one assist) as well as featuring six times for the first team.
His return to Milan this season has seen him drop back into the youth set-up, which will be interesting ahead of his contract being up this summer and the youngster becoming a free agent as from July 1.
Justin Kluivert (Ajax – left wing)
Kluivert is the son of former Barcelona and Holland international Patrick Kluivert and currently plays for Ajax. Kluivert junior has been at the Amsterdam club since 2006, signing on when he was just seven. Whilst at Ajax, he’s progressed through the youth ranks to the first team who he has featured for 49 times.
During these 49 games for the first team, the young starlet has scored nine goals and provided nine assists – carrying on his good form from the youth teams at Ajax. For Ajax’s Under-19/21 sides Kluivert has featured 27 times, scoring eight goals. With him being established in the Ajax side, it may be a long shot that gets young Kluivert to Elland Road.
Ché Nunnely (Ajax U-19 – right wing)
If the option to bring in Kluivert isn’t feasible, then Leeds United might want to return to Raiola and Ajax for right winger Nunnely. The Suriname-born Dutch youth international is currently bubbling under the Ajax first team, performing well for the Under-21s. This season he has featured in 28 games in total for the Under-19s and Under-21s where he has scored nine goals and provided three assists.
In total he has featured 68 times for Ajax’s Under-19 side (15 goals/13 assists) and 18 games (four goals/two assists) for the Under-21 side. Internationally he has made 46 appearances for Holland at youth levels ranging from U-15 to U-19, appearances where he has scored 10 goals.
Tomas Necid (Bursaspor – striker)
With Leeds United unlikely to want to/be able to hold on to current loanee striker Pierre-Michel Lasogga, they might want to tap up Raiola client Necid. Since arriving at the Turkish side in 2015, the 44-cap Czech international will have spent the 2017 half of the 2016/17 season and the whole of the current 2017/18 campaign out on loan. He initially spent 2017 with Legia Warsaw, and this season returned to Slavia Prague – who have a purchase option on him.
He’s a seasoned international who has 12 goals in 44 full Czech Republic caps, as well as 32 goals in 47 youth caps ranging from U-16 to U-19 levels. During his loan spell at Slavia Prague, Necid has hit eight goals in 21 games across all competitions. He also has Champions League experience for CSKA Moscow and Slavia Prague, for whom he played 12 and two Champions League games respectively, scoring two and providing five assists for the Russian side.
