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Juventus scout exciting Barcelona wonderkid

Juventus scout exciting Barcelona wonderkid

Juventus are scouting a young and promising product of Barcelona academy. His name is Abel Ruiz and he is a 17-year-old striker who is currently playing with the blaugrana B squad.

Juventus have already sent their scouts to watch Ruiz several times and representatives of the Old Lady closely watched the exciting starlet during Juventus’ Youth League clash against Barcelona last month.

​Ruiz has already scored on goal in Spain’s Segunda Division.

The 17-year-old is 182 cm tall and is playing for the U21 Spain national team as well. He has 18 goals in 29 appearances with La Rojita. He scored the last two goals with Spain youth team yesterday as he netted a brace in the U17 World Cup.

​Ruiz will turn 18 in January and his contract with Barcelona runs until 2019.

The Old Lady has already contracted several promising strikers, from Moise Kean (born in 2000) to Riccardo Orsolini (born in 1997).The Serie A giants are also chasing Genoa starlet Pietro Pellegri (16).