Not only Kendry Paez create a lot of expectations South American Sub-17 Ecuador-2023. There are a few names that stand out in the mini-Three. Against Brazil, the figure of Allen Obando, and it took 23 minutes for the centre-forward to convince coach Diego Martínez of his ownership against Colombia. Already with two goals in the tournament, he is attracting the interest of the football public Italy and City football group.

According to the Italian portaltuttomercatoweb, conglomerate City Football Group and three Italian Serie A teams would be interested in the young Barcelona SC footballer.

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“The Ecuadorian has already attracted an offer from City Group – Manchester City, Girona, Palermo – worth 2 million dollars. In Italy, there were some contacts with Fiorentina, Napoli and Torino, but it is possible that we will wait until the end of the tournament to decide the future. In any case, you can only come to Europe at the age of 18”, it says tuttomercatoweb.

Aimar Govea, Kendry Páez, Allen Obando and Jhon Acurio, figures from Ecuador to follow in the South American U-17

City Football Group manages Manchester City, New York City, Melbourne City, Girona FC, Montevideo City Torque, Troyes AC, Club Bolívar, Sichuan Jiuniu.

Barcelona SC records show that Obando has been part of its training ranks since 2016, and his first call-up to the first team came on 7 August 2022, at the request of Jorge Célic.

He made his professional debut in the Pro Serie A League match against Mushuc Runa on August 7, 2022 at the Christian Benítez Stadium. Barcelona SC could have made it 5-0, but the youngster missed a penalty given to him by Damián Díaz.

“I didn’t expect it because it was a game I had to play. It was teacher Célico who invited me to train. It was an emotion,” said the centre-forward in a video released by the club on June 23 of that year.

According to the president of the institution, Carlos Alfaro Moreno, when Allen was 9 years old, he was brought to Guayaquil from his native Esmeraldas when he was preparing at the Barcelona SC football school under the leadership of Peter Angulo.

His power in front of the goal is shown by the numbers at a young age: in 2018, he played 33 games and scored 23 goals; in 2019, he achieved 21 results in 38 commitments; 2021 scored 12 goals in 15 games; and in 2022 he played 11 games and scored 10 goals.

“He has an impressively promising future,” Célico said after making his debut.

Célico highlighted the striker’s ability to play in the air, his speed and that he is technically “good”. “He is a boy who works and is humble,” said the former coach of the U20 national team.

He had several call-ups in the process of making the U-17 national team, and made his power felt in Ecuador’s 2-1 win over Argentina in the Ezeiza City Cup last October.

From the Old Continent, they follow his evolution and, in the case of signing, at the age of 18, he will play European football.

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