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[HS: FA's personal publicist is on a roll...]

By Jason Burt

Chelsea have stepped up their pursuit of Lulinha, the latest wonder-kid of
Brazilian football, by sending two scouts to watch the 17-year-old play on
Wednesday evening. It is now hoped by the Premier League club that an £8m
deal to sign the precocious striker may be agreed in time for the January
transfer window.

The scouts were sent to Rio Janeiro at the behest of Frank Arnesen,
Chelsea's chief scout and director of youth development, who is determined
to sign Lulinha having missed out on another Brazilian prodigy, Alexandre
Pato, last summer despite offering more than £13m for the teenager who
later joined Milan.

Lulinha currently plays for the Brazilian club Corinthians and the scouts
watched him in the 2-1 away defeat to Flamengo. Despite the loss, which
leaves the famous old club near the bottom of the league table, Lulinha
caught the eye by setting up his team's goal with a solo run.

The youngster, who does not turn 18 until April, can play as an attacking
midfielder or as a "second striker" and has been dubbed the "new
Ronaldinho" in South America because of his flamboyant playing style. He
is regarded as a player in the classic mould of a "Brazilian Number 10"
and is also a prolific goal-scorer – having struck 12 goals in just seven
matches earlier this year as Brazil won the South American Under-17
Championships.

A host of clubs around Europe are interested in Lulinha with the Palermo
president, Maurizio Zamparini, declaring last week that he could not
compete with the likes of Chelsea and Real Madrid. Tottenham Hotspur are
also thought to have expressed an interest but Chelsea are, clearly, in
pole position.

Lulinha – who is also known as "Lula" – is the kind of exciting, attacking
player that Chelsea's owner, Roman Abramovich, wants to bring to his club,
especially following the departure of Jose Mourinho. There is also
pressure on Arnesen to produce more stars through Chelsea's youth set-up,
with questions being continually raised over the effectiveness of the
signings he has supervised.

Lulinha is contracted to Corinthians until June 2009 but it is thought
that he is highly likely to leave sometime this season for a European club
because of the current level of interest in him. He joined the Brazilian
club when he was just eight, making his first-team debut just three days
short of his 17th birthday.

He has long been compared to Ronaldinho, having shone in a series of
under-age tournaments for club and country – with 27 goals in 15 matches
for the Corinthians under-17 team. His potential has already attracted a
long-term, lucrative deal with Nike.

If Chelsea can sign Lulinha it may, ironically, lead to them shelving any
tentative interest they retain in getting Ronaldinho to join them from
Barcelona. Abramovich has long targeted the 27-year-old – and indeed
discussed whether or not he should try to hijack his move to the Nou Camp
in July 2003 soon after he acquired Chelsea.

Further discussions were held with his brother, and agent, Roberto Assis,
this summer although some senior figures at Stamford Bridge are sceptical
as to whether Ronaldinho really wants to move to England or is simply
angling for a better contract in Spain.

However, his star has waned at Barça and it is likely that the Catalan
club would listen to offers at the end of this season. Chelsea's hand is
also strengthened, should they go ahead with a bid, since they seem to be
the only credible suitor.

Milan have long been registered as interested in Ronaldinho but, with
Ronaldo, Filippo Inzaghi and Alberto Gilardino all struggling, their main
priority next summer is the recruitment of a top-class striker. Their
targets include Lyon's 19-year-old Karim Benzema – also being tracked by
Arsenal – and Chelsea's own Didier Drogba who has expressed his desire to
leave and would love to join the Rossoneri.

Chelsea still hope to appease Drogba, but may also have to deal with
interest from Milan in their central defender, Alex.

The Chelsea manager, Avram Grant, watched Branislav Ivanovic and Diniyar
Bilyaletdinov play for Lokomotiv Moscow against FK Tom in the Russian
capital last Sunday. The pair are likely to cost around £20m.

regards
Harry