Youth: Jean Carlos Chera (Santos)

Brazilian sports site UOL Esporte reports that Barcelona is interested in Santos youth player Jean Carlos Chera (13) and has contacted the player’s family.

Asked about the rumours linking the midfielder to several European top clubs, the player’s father Celso Chera confirmed to the site that Barcelona is among the interested clubs but that there’s no intention to leave the Brazilian club soon:

“We have already received dozens of offers from other clubs. Manchester United, Barcelona, AC Milan, Sevilla? Yes, among others. And you know that local clubs cannot compete with the foreign market.

But there is a mutual respect with Santos. There’s no penalty clause like has been said but our word is worth more than anything else. The dream of Jean is to become a professional player at Santos and that’s why he now has a contract until 2011. He dreams about playing the World Cup in 2014 together with Neymar (another Santos youth player), while being a Santos player. So he doesn’t want to leave the club.”

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Watch a video of Chera here: