Chelsea and Manchester City ramp up interest in Kasper Dolberg as teenage sensation prepares for Denmark bow 

• Chelsea and Manchester City will send scouts to watch Kasper Dolberg
• Manchester United have also been keeping tabs on the 19-year-old
• The Ajax striker is poised to make his international debut for Denmark
• Chelsea transfer news: All the latest from Stamford Bridge 

Chelsea and Manchester City are expected to make further checks on Ajax striker Kasper Dolberg when he makes his debut for Denmark on Friday.

The 19-year-old has been watched by Europe's elite clubs this season after scoring eight goals in 19 games for Ajax and is poised for his international debut when his country face Kazakhstan in their World Cup qualifier.

The striker has been called up to Age Hareide's squad alongside Tottenham's Christian Eriksen, Middlesbrough's Viktor Fischer and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg of Southampton. 

Denmark, who are currently fourth in World Cup qualifying Group E after picking up just three points from their first three matches, also face the Czech Republic in a friendly on Tuesday 15 November.

Manchester United scout Marcel Bout was in the stands last Thursday alongside representatives from City and Chelsea as Dolberg scored in the 3-2 Europa League win over Celta Vigo.

Denmark’s head coach Age Hareide said: 'He’s very relaxed. You must do something really special to impress him. I think it was Jon Dahl Tomasson who said that you can put a naked woman in front of Kasper and he wouldn’t even respond.'

Dolberg moved to Ajax in the summer of 2015 after he was discovered by John Steen Olsen - the same scout who discovered Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Eriksen and Fischer for the Amsterdam outfit.

The teenager agreed a new deal in May which ties him to the Dutch club until 2021, but he could yet follow previous Ajax prodigies Eriksen and Fischer to the Premier League.