CHELSEA are among a clutch of Premier League clubs keeping a close eye on Stevenage wonderkid Makise Evans.
The promising centre-forward became the youngest player in newly-promoted Boro’s history to feature for the first team when he came on at Mansfield last week, aged 16 years 248 days.
Brighton, Aston Villa and West Ham have also been watching him.
Evans was an unused sub for Saturday’s 2-0 home win over Grimsby which sealed promotion to League One for the Hertfordshire outfit.
Though he could well get some more game-time in the final-day trip to Barrow now Boro have gone up.
Evans joined Stevenage in September on a two-year scholarship and has scored 15 goals for the club’s Under-18 side.
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Prior to that he was at the Pro Soccer Academy at Under-15 level and then Enfield Borough at Under-16.
The highly-rated striker also became the youngest ever player to score for non-league Potters Bar while on loan there in a match against Lewes in March.
Chelsea have welcomed 17 new players since Todd Boehly took over as chairman last Spring.
Boehly has been eager to inject more youth into the Chelsea squad and he has done so by signing several young players such as Carney Chukwuemeka, Noni Madueke, David Datro Fofana, Enzo Fernandez and Mykhailo Mudryk.
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However, the Blues now have a bloated squad with over 30 first team players.
And some stars are eager to leave Stamford Bridge as a result of the club’s poor run of form.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
