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Liverpool, Everton chase Zimbabwean starlet
25 Jan 2013 at 05:06hrs | Views
LIVERPOOL and Everton are in a battle to sign Chesterfield midfield sensation Tendayi Darikwa.
Nottingham-born Darikwa (21) already carries a £2m rating after 27 starts for the Spireites.
He is being tracked by a host of Premier League sides, but the Mersey giants are front-runners for his signature.
Anfield boss Brendan Rodgers and Goodison chief David Moyes have had Darikwa watched on a weekly basis over the past few months.
Darikwa, who was the Football League Young Player of the Month for December, recently signed a new three-year deal with the League Two outfit.
But the Derbyshire minnows, who once took up former Highlanders midfielder Honour Gombami on trial, are resigned to losing their prize asset to the top flight.
Chesterfield boss Paul Cook said: "Tendayi is already a very good footballer. He is going to have a very good career."
He is the second Zimbabwean in England after Bradley Pritchard who turns out for Charlton Athletic. He was called for last year's World Cup match against Guinea by then coach Rahman Gumbo, but did not play.
He remains in the plans of new coach Klaus Dieter Pagels.
Nottingham-born Darikwa (21) already carries a £2m rating after 27 starts for the Spireites.
He is being tracked by a host of Premier League sides, but the Mersey giants are front-runners for his signature.
Anfield boss Brendan Rodgers and Goodison chief David Moyes have had Darikwa watched on a weekly basis over the past few months.
Darikwa, who was the Football League Young Player of the Month for December, recently signed a new three-year deal with the League Two outfit.
But the Derbyshire minnows, who once took up former Highlanders midfielder Honour Gombami on trial, are resigned to losing their prize asset to the top flight.
Chesterfield boss Paul Cook said: "Tendayi is already a very good footballer. He is going to have a very good career."
He is the second Zimbabwean in England after Bradley Pritchard who turns out for Charlton Athletic. He was called for last year's World Cup match against Guinea by then coach Rahman Gumbo, but did not play.
He remains in the plans of new coach Klaus Dieter Pagels.
Source - Daily Star
