Franck Kessie is the talk of the transfer market after his agent claimed Atalanta rejected a €25 million offer from Chelsea for his client.
Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal are all said to be interested in signing the 20-year-old Ivorian midfielder.
ESPN FC runs through five things to know about the talented youngster ...
He wasn't always a midfielder
It's remarkable to think about how differently Kessie might be perceived now if Massimo Drago hadn't got hold of him.
Atalanta signed the Ivorian in the summer of 2015 and immediately loaned him to Cesena in Serie B, where Drago had established a reputation for developing talented youngsters after Alessandro Florenzi, Federico Bernardeschi and others had blossomed under his guidance.