He has a contract with one of soccer's biggest clubs and the same long, floppy hair and nickname Leo of his idol, Lionel Messi.It may take awhile, however, before Leonel Angel Coira can match the wondrous Messi: He is 7 years old.Real Madrid said Monday it signed the Argentine prodigy to its youth academy after seeing him in tryouts. He will start training with Madrid's youth team Sept 6.Coira hopes to follow the path set by Messi, a countryman who joined Barcelona from the Argentine club Newell's Old Boys as a teenager and has gone on to win the World Player of the Year award two times."(My) dream is to meet Messi, play in the first division with Madrid and for Argentina in the World Cup," Coira told the Spanish newspaper ABC. Source: ESPN
They're serious about some soccer. I guess its no different than college teams trying to get "commitments" from players in Middle school.
yea i agree with you. they are serious about soccer and that it is just like college football teams trying to get a middle school kid to commit
Can't do that in the NCAA anymore.....legally at least. I just wonder how this kid's parents just let him go.
