Right now, it looks like Europe's best football teams are engaged in an arms race in Latin America, and the weapons they are vying for are the best players coming out of Brazil and other countries. Teenagers with little professional football experience are already receiving payments that would fit well-established pros. Kaua Elias of Fluminense is the most recent candidate who may meet those criteria. Only twice has the 17-year-old attacker appeared for Fluminense, but he has been making an impression for Brazil's under-17 team, most notably during the World Cup in Indonesia towards the end of last year. With 12 appearances at that age, Elias has nine goals.
Real Madrid and Barcelona are reportedly two of the top teams interested in signing him, according to reports from Telefoot in France that MD is carrying.