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Up to eight Premier League clubs are looking to lure Queens Park Rangers starlet Liam O'Brien away from Loftus Road, skysports.com understands.
The 16-year-old goalkeeper is already playing for the club's Under 18s and has made his debut for the reserves, and is rated by many as one of the brightest talents for his age in the country.
Scouts have been alerted to O'Brien - who is still on schoolboy terms at the club having rejected the chance to sign scholarship forms.
The likes of Arsenal, Aston Villa, Portsmouth, Manchester United and Newcastle are believed to be amongst those showing an interest in O'Brien.
QPR know they face a real battle to keep O'Brien and realise if he did leave he could do so at the end of the season with only minimal compensation due to the Championship club.
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11667_3000139,00.html
This is from skysports so it is the real deal, not the usual s***e (sorry stuff that's never going to happen) that's posted in the transfer forum....
Anyway this kid is only 16 so is one for the future, as we don't need any goal keepers for the first team at the moment or in the near future.....
The 16-year-old goalkeeper is already playing for the club's Under 18s and has made his debut for the reserves, and is rated by many as one of the brightest talents for his age in the country.
Scouts have been alerted to O'Brien - who is still on schoolboy terms at the club having rejected the chance to sign scholarship forms.
The likes of Arsenal, Aston Villa, Portsmouth, Manchester United and Newcastle are believed to be amongst those showing an interest in O'Brien.
QPR know they face a real battle to keep O'Brien and realise if he did leave he could do so at the end of the season with only minimal compensation due to the Championship club.
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11667_3000139,00.html
This is from skysports so it is the real deal, not the usual s***e (sorry stuff that's never going to happen) that's posted in the transfer forum....
Anyway this kid is only 16 so is one for the future, as we don't need any goal keepers for the first team at the moment or in the near future.....
Please don't buy him,SAF! We already hve 3 top-class goalkeepers in our first-team squad. Also,this guy's only 16 years old. Please don't ruin his future by buying him over & then letting him rot in the bench(tho I personally doubt he will even make it to the bench). With Tomasz Kuszczak,Edwin van der Sar & Ben Foster in our team(Tommy Heaton is coming thru the ranks),I can foresee this young lad's future........if he really came over,I would think he's very stupid(I hate to say it)! It may be great to play for the reigning champions of England,but he must first think if he can even make it as a first-team regular! I suggest he established himself as a renowned goalkeeper first by playing for QPR. Then when he has racked up a whole load of club appearances in English League One,he may choose to play for a Premiership side.
