Arsenal may be facing Manchester United at the weekend
but the two Premier League giants look set for a battle off the
pitch for the services of Adem Ljajic.
Gunners scout Francis Cagigao, the man who spotted Cesc
Fabregas's prodigious talents, is in Serbia to watch two matches
with the country's brightest youngsters on his radar.
Partizan Belgrade prodigy Ljajic has already had a trial with
United but Arsene Wenger is interested in stealing a march on
The Red Devils.
The 17-year-old is a right winger with great potential and will
be monitored in the game against Banat.
The Gunners are also trailing Vojvodina's Danijel Aleksic, the
Serbia Under-17 captain and main man for that particular team.
Goran Milosavljevic, who had a spell at Chester City as a
player, is the scout who is working with Cagigao.
"We are watching Danijel Aleksic and Adem Ljajic," Milosavljevic
confirmed to nogomania.com.
"We have been watching Ljajic and Aleksic for quite some time
now, especially Ljajic, because we watched the match between
Partizan and Radnicki in September.
"If Aleksic and Ljajic do have the qualities to play for
Arsenal, the club management will do everything to bring them both
to London.
"Everything will depend on Vojvodina and Partizan then."
Aleksic is a 17-year-old attacker, who will be in action against
Crvena Zvezda, and the two starlets will look to impress in
front of the watching Arsenal representatives during the next round
of matches.