Carney Chukwuemeka is not the only Aston Villa prospectsending scouts into a frenzy.
A week after talkSPORT claimed that Liverpool, Bayern Munich and Juventus are queuing up to sign a forward recently labelled ‘probably the best 16-year-old in England’, Tyreik Wright has joined him in the gossip columns.
Wright is due to become a free agent in a matter of months with his contract expiring in July.
This has not gone unnoticed either. The Mail claims that Everton and Celtic are watching closely, with the left-footed 19-year-old showcasing his ‘match-winning quality’ during an impressive loan spell at League Two Walsall.
Unfortunately for Celtic and Everton, two clubs always on the lookout for exciting teenagers with vast potential in their locker, Aston Villa are no mugs when it comes to youth development.
Jacob Ramsey and Keinan Davis are featuring semi-regularly under Dean Smith this term while Ezri Konsa, Matty Cash, Ollie Watkins and co have gone from strength to strength after moving to the Midlands from the Championship.
Whether Wright can follow in the footsteps of Jack Grealish, or falls by the wayside a la Rushian Hepburn-Murphy, remains to be seen.
But he deserves the opportunity to prove that Villa’s Captain Marvel is no one off.
Here is what some of the Aston Villa fans have had to say about Wright’s future:
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