Three-quarters of Premier League clubs have sent scouts to the
Africa Cup of Nations as the chase for the continent’s finest
talent intensifies.
Despite calls for it to be switched to the summer, a
BBC Sport survey has discovered 15 of the 20
clubs are scouting at the Ghana tournament.
“You know when you’re buying an African player that’s the rule,”
Chelsea chief scout Frank Arnesen told BBC
Sport.
“You have to deal with that and it’s a must for us to be at the
Nations Cup.”
BBC SPORT NATIONS CUP SURVEY
Clubs with scouts in Ghana: Man Utd, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea,
Everton, Man City, Blackburn, Spurs, Newcastle, Reading, Boro,
Bolton, Wigan, Fulham, Derby
Clubs with no scouting representation: Liverpool, West Ham,
Birmingham, Portsmouth, Sunderland
