Premier League target hints at exit

Rising Malaga star Isco has hinted this week that his future may lie away from the Spanish club, as a host of top clubs step up their interest in his services. 

The 20 year old has put in a raft of impressive performances this term, a fact that has not gone unnoticed by the likes of Chelsea, Manchester City and Real Madrid, ESPN suggest.

While the player, who made his Spanish senior debut recently, lays much of the thanks for his development at the door of current boss Manuel Pellegrini, he hinted that he would find a move to one of Europe's elite difficult to refuse:

 "I am here now, tomorrow we'll see. We will see what happens next. It is not something that concerns me a lot right now. I am enjoying my life at the moment."

Isco, who is employed mainly as an attacking midfielder at Malaga elaborated further upon the role of Pellegrini in his development, revealing the freedom that he affords him: "I know I am only at the beginning in football. Pellegrini tells me just to play my football, to get on the ball and link up with my teammates. He has given me all the confidence in the world."

Whether he would become such a central figure at either Chelsea or Man City remains to be seen.