Bulgarian teenage football star Valeri Bojinov (pictured) will stay with Italy’s Lecce FC until the end of the championship despite several candidate buyers. Photo by Kameliya Atanasova (Sofia News Agency)
Pursuers of Bulgaria's fresh football sensation Valeri Bojinov will have to wait, his coach at Italian Lecce FC said last weekend.
"If someone wants to sign him, they will have to wait until the end of the championship," Zdenek Zeman was cited as saying.
Bojinov, aged 18, has become the main splash of this season's Serie A, with eight goals scored.
The teenager reportedly pinned the attention of Barcelona, Inter Milan, Arsenal and Juventus managers. It has recently emerged that Chelsea chairman Roman Abramovich was also eying the Bulgarian starlet, and preparing a EUR 15 M bid.
However, the young player has repeatedly stated that he would rather stay in Italy.