Youth: Diego Polenta (Danubio)

In an interview with Italian football website tuttomercatoweb.com, player’s agent Vincenzo D’Ippolito said Barcelona has shown interest in Uruguayan central defender Diego Polenta (16). D’Ippolito compares the Uruguayan youth international, who is also represented by Pablo Betancourt, with fellow compatriot and former Juventus player Paolo Montero: “Despite his young age, he has exceptional physical qualities.”

Notwithstanding the interest of teams like Barcelona, Milan, Inter and Tottenham, Polenta, who also has an Italian passport, is expected to sign this Sunday for three years (renewable to five years) with Italian league team Genoa. His Uruguayan club Danubio would receive a transfer sum of 1,8 million euro.