Chelsea scouting 20-year-old South American defender at the World Cup

Many clubs will have a network of scouts watching every game in the World Cup right now, and we know that Chelsea will certainly have some of their top guys out there on assignments.

With Chelsea looking to be active in the transfer market over the next year or so, as well as looking to pick up some of the world’s top up and coming young talents before other clubs right now, the World Cup is a great place to spot talent on the biggest stage possible.

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Chelsea will have a number of players they are looking at, and according to the Daily Mirror (cited by The Daily Express), one of those players is Ecuador defender Piero Hincapie.

The 20-year-old has earned a reputation as one of the best young defenders in Europe. He has starred for Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga.

Several high-profile clubs are now interested in signing the centre-back and he could move either in January or next summer.

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