Pellegri follows treacherous path after transfer to Monaco

FILE PHOTO - Football Soccer - AS Roma v Genoa - Serie A - Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy - 28/5/17 Roma’s Daniele De Rossi in action with Genoa’s Pietro Pellegri Reuters / Stefano Rellandini

ZURICH (Reuters) - Pietro Pellegri's move from Genoa to Monaco was one of the most eye-catching of the January transfer window but previous cases suggest the 16-year-old Italian is walking on a treacherous path.

Monaco were widely reported to have paid 25 million euros (21.89 million pounds) for Pellegri who showed his enormous potential in September when he became the youngest player to score twice in a Serie A game.