Gunners set to battle Chelsea for Spanish wonderkid (From East London and West Essex Guardian Series)

Gunners set to battle Chelsea for Spanish wonderkid

4:48pm Wednesday 18th June 2008 in Sport

SPANISH starlet Ignacio Camacho is said to be attracting the interest of Arsenal and Chelsea, writes Sam Lom-Bor.

The two London clubs have tracked the Atletico Madrid midfielder, who is captain of Spain's Under-17 squad, since he was promoted from Atletico's youth set-up.

Camacho came to the attention of many when he burst onto the Spanish Liga scene last season and AS now says that Atletico have major concerns over the growing interest from both Arsenal and Chelsea.

Arsenal have already had to do battle with rivals Manchester United for the signing of youngster Aaron Ramsey and they are set to have a bidding war once more with their London rivals over the Spanish youngster, with Atletico Madrid wanting at least £5 million for the player.