Chelsea 'leading Arsenal in transfer race to sign Boro starlet Calum Kavanagh'

According to Sun, Chelsea are plotting to beat Arsenal to the signature of Middlesbrough’s striker starlet Calum Kavanagh.

The Stamford Bridge club have set their sights on the 16-year-old, who is the son of former top player Graham and the shining light in Boro’s youth ranks.

Chelsea hope to take advantage and step in for Kavanagh, trying to persuade him to come to London to join their ranks with a shot at making Frank Lampard’s first-team squad.

The Gunners are also keen on the Irish teenager but Stamford Bridge chiefs seem to be winning the battle.