- The youngster played for his club’s highly successful RBNYII team this year
- Chelsea have been interested since Hall played against them in April
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Having just made his Major League Soccer debut from the bench last weekend, rumors suggest Chelsea are interested in signing 15-year-old New York Red Bulls midfielder Julian Hall.
Hall, who just signed a contract with the Red Bulls in early September, made his MLS debut this weekend, coming on as a substitute in the 81st minute.
But according to the Evening standarda number of top European clubs are interested in the youngster – with Manchester United, Manchester City, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich joining the London club in pursuit of Hall.
Chelsea in particular have been interested in Hall since he played for the Red Bulls U-15 team against the Blues in a Generation Adidas Cup match in April.
Since then, Chelsea have been trying to get him to Cobham for a trial before he turns 16 in January.
Chelsea are one of several clubs interested in signing 15-year-old Julian Hall from New York Red Bulls
Hall played a match against Chelsea’s youth team in April and they have been interested ever since
However, with Hall signing a contract with the MLS team, the Red Bulls may reject any attempt to put him on trial.
That also means the Red Bulls can ask for a higher transfer fee if they choose to move on from him.
It is also highly likely that Hall will be given the opportunity to move to Europe via the Red Bull Group’s multi-club model – with the youngster given the chance to move to Austrian side RB Salzburg or German side RB Leipzig.
That has already happened in the past with Tyler Adams and Caden Clark, among others.
Hall also faces new struggles beyond the club level. He was born in New York City and holds American and Polish passports, with both countries trying to influence him to join their national teams.