Manchester City and Arsenal have stepped up their pursuit of Flamengo midfielder Kaua Pavuna
The 15-year-old’s family has travelled to Europe to visit clubs and view their facilities
No official offer has been made yet, with Flamengo focused on protecting the teenager
Manchester City and Arsenal have intensified their pursuit of Flamengo’s Kaua Pavuna, with the 15-year-old’s family travelling to Europe to visit clubs and learn about their long-term development plans, as per a new report from Brazil.
Kaua Pavuna has emerged as one of the most coveted teenage midfielders in South America, with his technical quality, creative vision and dribbling ability in tight spaces drawing sustained attention from some of the world’s biggest clubs since his performances for Flamengo’s youth sides began attracting widespread notice.
The Brazil U15 international, born in 2011, has been compared to former Flamengo idol Ronaldinho by those closely following his progress, with scouts from multiple European clubs having tracked him since as early as 2025 – drawn by a profile that combines natural Brazilian flair with a directness and positional intelligence that gives him relevance in modern European football.
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Real Madrid and Barcelona are also understood to be monitoring the midfielder, making the race for his signature one of the more high-profile youth recruitment battles to develop across a summer dominated by academy-level investment from Europe’s elite clubs.
Flamengo, for their part, have been deliberate in their approach to the growing noise surrounding their latest academy standout, avoiding any discussion of transfer valuations and keeping the emphasis firmly on Pavuna’s continued development in the Brazilian system rather than the prospect of an early European move.
As reported by ESPN Brazil and relayed by Sport Witness, Manchester City and Arsenal have taken their pursuit of Pavuna to the next stage, with representatives from both clubs presenting long-term development plans to the player’s family.
Pavuna’s parents have recently travelled to Europe to visit clubs’ facilities as part of the process, touring training grounds and meeting with academy staff to gain a clearer picture of the pathways on offer should the teenager eventually make the move abroad.
Despite the growing interest, there is no official offer currently on the table, with Flamengo continuing to shield Pavuna from the commercial pressures that come with interest at this level – keen to ensure the teenager’s development remains the priority rather than becoming distracted by the scale of the attention surrounding him.
Any move for Pavuna would represent a long-term investment rather than an immediate addition, given the regulatory restrictions on players of his age moving to Europe and his current standing as a player still developing within Flamengo’s academy structure.
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City’s summer has nonetheless already delivered significant business, led by the club record £116 million signing of Elliot Anderson and the dual academy coups of Jeremy Monga from Leicester and Mishel Nduka from Arsenal‘s Hale End, both of which demonstrated the club’s growing dominance in the competition for elite young English talent.
The Pavuna interest adds a South American dimension to that academy strategy, reflecting a broader approach from director of football Hugo Viana that extends well beyond the immediate requirements of the first team and into the longer-term pipeline of talent the club are building for the years ahead.
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