Rodgers and Viilas-Boas could collide over Daddy-Ajala in the summer. (©GettyImages) Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur are set to fight it out over the new young sensation in African football dubbed the 'Nigerian Cristiano Ronaldo'.
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According to the Daily Star, both Anfield manager Brendan Rodgers and his counterpart at White Hart Lane, Andre Villas-Boas, have been tracking Moses Daddy-Ajala.
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The report claims the 17-year-old winger has been watched closely as he makes progress in a famed youth academy in Jos, Nigeria.
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Liverpool and Tottenham scouts have obviously been impressed with what they have seen from Daddy- Ajala and the report claims he is being compared to Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo in his homeland.
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He is yet to play for the Super Eagles and is currently still contracted to the GBS Academy but reports in Nigeria have suggested he is on his way to the UK.
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One problem for both the Reds and Spurs is the lack of international football and his age, but the Star claim Daddy-Ajala is expected to qualify under the special talent rule.
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He is tipped to follow in the footsteps of Victor Moses at Chelsea and become the next Nigerian winger to make it big in the Premier League.
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Liverpool have already shown they are ready to give young players a chance with the blooding of 17 year-old Raheem Sterling earlier in the season before fatigue set in.