Espanyol striker Pablo Daniel Osvaldo has emerged as a summer target for leading English clubs.
Sir Alex Ferguson's brother Martin, Manchester United's chief European scout, was joined by Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp, Everton's David Moyes and Fulham's Mark Hughes at Monday night's 2-1 win against Athletic Bilbao and saw Osvaldo, Argentina-born with joint Italian nationality, score one goal and make another. Pete Jenson casts an eye over a man in demand.
So, will he be playing in England next season?
He fancies a move despite having a genuine affection for Espanyol. The club bought him for £4.5million and have an £18m buy-out clause on him.
They are a selling club but having shifted defender Victor Ruiz for £5.4m to Napoli in January and with the possibility of selling winger Jose Callejon they might not be in a 'must sell' position - although they would definitely do business for around £12m.
Is he worth that much?
It would be a slight gamble. He wasn't getting a game at Bologna when Espanyol coach Mauricio Pochettino took him on loan in January 2010.
But he became an instant hit with supporters and a real leader in the dressing room, filling the boots of outgoing club goalscoring legend Raul Tamudo.
So he can handle the pressure?
He's got plenty of attitude on the pitch but he also needs an arm round the shoulder. 'I play better when I'm happy,' he has said. 'In Italy I was not happy.
'There, unless you score 15 goals in three games you get dropped. Here I don't feel the pressure and I have fun. I need to feel important at a club.'
What kind of striker is he?
Espanyol play a 4-2-3-1 formation and he operates as a lone front man. He's quick, strong and very skilful.
He likes to face the goal, is very direct and knows how to finish with both feet and with his head.
And the supporters love him?
The top-selling shirt at Espanyol is the No 21 worn by the club's late captain Dani Jarque, who died in 2009 at the age of just 26. Osvaldo's No 17 shirt is close behind.
They love the tireless running, they love the goals (11 in 18 starts this season) and they especially love his machine-gun celebration when he scores.
So he'd light up the Premier League?
He's a Europa League player more than a Champions League player at the moment but he's only 25 so could really push on at the right club.
He has an Italian passport so there are no work permit issues and Argentina's wealth of great strikers means he won't be called away for too many internationals - he has not been selected for the Copa America next month.
Do mention his fashion sense.
If you must. White loafers, white cargo shorts, matching white pork-pie hat.
Don't mention the Hand of God!
He was born in the year that Diego Maradona knocked England out of the World Cup, and he's not averse to reminding people about it either.
He said before a recent game against Espanyol's cross-town rivals: 'I love to score beautiful goals but if I tap one in from the goal-line against Barca I'll shout to exploding point as if it's the Maradona goal when he dribbled around the English in 1986.'
