Liverpool and Chelsea could battle for 17-year-old Championship starlet – but face more competition

Joe Gelhardt

Liverpool and Chelsea are both keeping tabs on Wigan's 17-year-old starlet Joe Gelhardt, according to Goal.com.

The teenage forward is considered one of the brightest prospects in the Championship, and is also said to be attraction attention from Premier League clubs Leicester, Everton and Wolves.

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Greg Lea

Greg Lea is a freelance football journalist who's filled in wherever FourFourTwo needs him since 2014. He became a Crystal Palace fan after watching a 1-0 loss to Port Vale in 1998, and once got on the scoresheet in a primary school game against Wilfried Zaha's Whitehorse Manor (an own goal in an 8-0 defeat).