Transfer market Ronaldo sees Brazilian as his successor

Young starlet Gabriel Jesus is considering his next move and many suitors including Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United and Bayern Munich are asking for his hand.

Although the Brazil Under-20 international has not yet packed his bags for Europe, Los Blancos are believed to be in pole position although they are not alone in their bid to secure the services of the player whom many believe is the greatest Brazilian talent today.

The Catalans came very close to recruiting him but the scenario changed when their great El Clasico rivals arrived on the scene.

Ahead of the 2016/17 season, the Sao Paulo teenager is set to partner Neymar Jr in attack in the summer Olympic Games, so maybe his fellow countryman can put in a good word for the club.

He has also been hailed as Ronaldo Nazario's successor by the man himself, the former striker seeing many similarities to how he played when he was younger.

Spanish clubs are not alone in the race to hire the jewel of Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, Jose Mourinho's Manchester United could also be a temptation for the 19-year-old.

Bayern Munich have already spent 40 million euros on another promising youngster, Renato Sanches, who is playing in Euro 2016 with Portugal.

They too would love to have Jesus put pen to paper.

Juventus can also be added to the list as the only Italian club capable of fighting for the sought-after forward.

However, they would have to pay 16m euros more than their rivals because the player has a clause of 24m euros for a select handful of clubs - Madrid, Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain, United and Bayern - but this goes up to 40m for other interested parties.

There are complications over his rights too with the player owning 15 per cent, his club 30 per cent and his representatives the remaining 55 per cent.

Pending the player's decision, his club are already getting used to the idea of losing him even though his contract does not expire until December 18, 2019.

It would be difficult for them to hold him to an agreement when the biggest clubs in Europe are setting their sights.