http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecw6Rq0LXo0
You’re always wary about judging footballers based on YouTube videos, but this little fella looks good. Really good.
The little guy in question is Claudio Gabriel Nancufil, or ‘Little snow Messi,’ so called because he hails from Bariloche in the foothills of the Andes in Argentina and, more importantly, is showing the same sort of talent that his compatriot, the great Lionel Messi, showed at a similar age.
Chances are you might have heard of Claudio before because a quick internet search will show that he has already been linked with some of the biggest names in European football and the news report from Spanish television last week in the video above suggests that Barcelona and Real Madrid could both be about to step up their interest when Claudio comes to Spain this month.
Although he has a lot of growing in him yet, Claudio is similar in stature to Messi at that age and he has endured similar growth problems to the ones Messi did as a child. Also, as Messi did, he has been receiving growth hormone treatment.
As you can see above, he is also in possession of the same outrageous talent that Messi had as a child and that he harnessed right throughout his career on his path to becoming the best player in the world. To his credit, he’s not afraid to fight to win the ball back either.
It’s very early days yet and time will tell whether he go onto replicate Messi or even go on to have a career in the game but the early signs are certainly promising, very promising indeed.
Remember the name folks; after all, this guy turned out alright…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghZ1xiCuyUw
