English Premier League (EPL) clubs Chelsea and Brentford are chasing the same target.
Chelsea and Brentford are among the clubs keeping tabs on Charlton youngster Myles Leighburn, 20, according to the Daily Mail. Miles is the son of legendary striker Carl Reeves, who played over 300 games for Charlton. ‘The 6ft 6in (1m98cm) striker scored 14 goals in 40 games in his first-team debut season, starting just 23 of them,’ the Daily Mail said, ‘and is already well known to Chelsea, having joined Charlton in 2019 from the Stamford Bridge club’s (Chelsea) academy.
He has also scored six goals in 10 appearances in League One (England’s third tier) this season. He was also linked with Aston Villa at the end of last season, according to the Daily Mail. At the time, Charlton manager Dean Holden raved that “Miles is unsellable” and described him as “a fantastic young player with a lot to learn.”
The player currently has two years left on his contract with Charlton, so any club looking to sign him would have to pay a hefty transfer fee. According to the Daily Mail, “He turned down a bid of more than £3 million ($4.9 billion) from a Bundesliga side in the summer. 카지노사이트