Tottenham Hotspur eye teenage Zim startlet
A FIERCE scramble involving some of the top clubs in the England Premiership, led by Tottenham Hotspur, has erupted as they battle for the signature of Zimbabwe teenage football wonder kid Kundai Benyu.
The 19-year-old prodigy has been making the headlines this week in the British press with Daily Mail strongly linking him to Spurs while Scottish champions Celtic are also fightinghting to get him.
Benyu, who was born in Londonndon to Zimbabwean parents, is being chased by Aston Villa and West Ham.
The football prodigy is eligiblegible to play for Zimbabwe. He has beeneen on the books of Championshipip side Ipswich Town but he iss set to leave at the end of the season when his contract expires.
Benyu, who can play as a playmaker or box-to-box midfielder, has convinced scouts that he could be the nextt big thing in the game. He was sent out on loan to National League side Aldershot in December after a fall-out with the Ipswich manager Mick McCarthy. The teenage midfielder was always touted for a big future after he broke into Ipswich’s first team squad as a 16-year-old. Scouts have been hovering over the starlet after he distinguished himself at Aldershot when he helped the club push for a pplace in the National League play-offs, scoring five goals and two assists in the proceprocess. According to the reports, Tottenham are the front-runners in the race for his signature.sign There is a strong contingcontingent of Zimbabwe playerplayers in England who include Tendayi DarDarikwa, Macauley BoBonne, Tristan NyNydam, Tinashe ChaChakwana, Jonathan FusFusco, Admiral MuMuskwe and BrenBrendan Galloway.