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Show Soccer Skills on Youtube; Get Recruited by Manchester United!

thestar.com — Manchester United has recruited a 9-year-old soccer prodigy based on video footage featuring his skills. The length of the YouTube clip is 4 minutes and features Davis's dribbling, stepover and goal-scoring skills – been viewed more than 800,000 times on the site.

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  • Hentez, on 10/23/2007, -0/+34http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG47FDenyXw
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+23I too would hate to be mulitple persons at once.
  • rwtf91, on 10/10/2007, -1/+19I would hate to be all the other kids on his team..
  • jsballardx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14He's already a damned ball hog.
  • jbestrom, on 10/23/2007, -1/+15He didn't get it cause of youtube the video was put up after he had already gotten looked at. It even says in the article that his grandfather sent a DVD to the club not a youtube link. Oh it says youtube in the link lets digg it woo hooo.......
  • ajaxfontura, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13Well, that kid's going to be insufferable for the rest of his childhood.
  • omegadude, on 10/10/2007, -8/+17i need to start using youtube to show off my leet numchuck skills
  • sofaKing812, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9But does he have the "I'm a little whinny bitch" factor of Christian Ronaldo?
  • Onestone, on 10/23/2007, -10/+17> soccer

    football
  • Sk8SkaNJ, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8well I feel stupid now.
  • SeaBass22, on 10/10/2007, -3/+9Shorter video with penalty kick highlights:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sK3AqFYAWQ
  • CoolioVendetta, on 10/23/2007, -1/+7The kid at 40 seconds went down HARD lol
  • sinurgy, on 10/23/2007, -1/+6Do yourself a big favor and turn down the music...jesus it sucks!!!
  • AlmostEvil, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6I need to put a video up of my "l33t" num-lock skills, watch as I can repeatedly press the num-lock key. Be amazed at my prowess of it being pressed and then depressed.
  • Daniel591992, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Go back to sleep...
  • thebru, on 10/23/2007, -0/+3@DiggsOnlyJew (hit the wrong reply button! Damn new comment system.)
    Its funny how far down you've been dugg on a predominantly American site.
  • reastes, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Frustratingly, I submitted the 9yo wonder kid yesterday.
    http://digg.com/soccer/9yo_Aussie_Wonder_Kid_gets_signed_to_Manchester_United

    And he didn't make it cause of youtube. It's cause his grandad sent a DVD.
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3%100 wrong?
  • Fracture98, on 10/23/2007, -0/+3You should hear it sung in a stadium by 30,000 rabid ManU fans. Awsome.
  • manicallday, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3It's more of an interest thing. It helps keeps the talent focused.
  • Fracture98, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Like a 25% approval rating matters? The rest of the world doesn't buy the US-is-great crap any more. Sorry 'bout that. Blame Bush.
  • AlpineStars777, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2i'm awaiting a follow-up article about him being david beckham's bastard son
  • spyraled, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2They'll put him into their farm system and develop him in hopes he reaches his full potential, which looks outstanding from these videos. A lot of clubs in Europe have a farm system for developing young talent. This is nothing new.
  • patw85, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Here's an article relating to the video from the Times Online http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premiership/manchester_united/article2183729.ece This really isn't that big of a deal, according to the article Man U signs around 40 kids about his age every year.
  • TheCaterpillar, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1The best part is at 0:37.
  • fatlip, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1wtf? you dont like midis?
  • Crusty, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Too late. Someone already beat you to it.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsEZ2lpM0Yw
  • champ20, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2watch the soccer clips on youtube multiply now
  • gmillerd, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1'Signed him' to their youth academy ... not to the team. Everyone there will be his age and just as capable no doubt.
  • BristolMyLove, on 12/21/2008, -3/+4I can be the new David Beckham! I'll make soccer popular in the U.K.!!! Oohhhhh.
  • TGun, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I just got rickrolled.
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3After watching the video, I believe he is the next Christian Ronaldo. He's got the strenght, vision and skill.
  • whatever1, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1No talent hack
  • Toshers, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1To be honest the only risk of any 'kiss of death' comes from the media. 'Signing' is a very loose term, and it happens to a lot of people that young all the time. There were several people at my old school who regularly played trials with manchester united and liverpool, it's just their way of filtering through the masses. The only reason this has recieved this much media attention is that it happened through youtube (as does almost everything not directly internet related that happens through youtube these days). The most likely situation is that everyone will have forgotten about this in less than a week's time, and he'll be just like every other kid scouted.
  • sqzz, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3I bet this kid gets all the 9 year old girls.
  • welshbeef, on 12/14/2007, -0/+1What better way to show off your football skills than on Grand Slam Sunday, where the Big Four go head to head, Liverpool vs Manchester United followed by Arsenal vs Chelsea.
    http://www.ucgwaa.org/liverpool-v-manchester-unite ...
    http://www.ucgwaa.org/arsenal-v-chelsea-live-onlin ...
  • sofaKing812, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I want to shoot myself in the face now, thanks.
  • coldfusion1970, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Nope. We sign a bunch of kids as young as 9 every season.
  • Pureeviljester, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1is that ref gonna call something?
  • thekak, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Wow the kid at :40 seconds got rolled...
  • in2deep, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1This is crazy....our world is so small
  • thebru, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Like foos-ball?
  • Gryffydd, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1In this crappy YouTube video it looks like a stationary body was glued onto his little legs.
  • Pharris7, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1hes alright but there are lots of kids these days that have good dribble technique. wouldnt call him the next cristiano ronaldo
  • Plutonium, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1the headline is bs "The club brought in Rhain Davis after his grandfather sent a DVD to United youth staff showing the boy playing for an under-10 team in Brisbane, Australia."
  • Grumps, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Hes so damn good as a kid, everyone is going to hate him.
  • Dotmeister, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yeah that was fscking hilarious
  • liambarron, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I would hate to one of the kids on the team he faces.
  • aiyish86, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I show off my football skills on youtube, maybe i could get recruited by Liverpool....shheessshhh!!
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