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Lionel Messi's son is snapped up by Argentinian side

Lionel Messi’s new son Thiago has been signed by Argentinian club Newell’s Old Boys.
Thiago, 0, was born on 2 November and joins the club where his father played as a youngster, aged just 6 days.
Club officials from Newell’s will travel to Barcelona for official documentation for their newest, and youngest ever, player and Thiago will be adorned with a replica kit.

Fantastic dribbling skills apparently.

Comments

  • Fer gawds sake, another one slipped through the net......what are our scouts doing???
  • RodneyCharltonTrotta
    RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,828
    edited November 2012
    Are there any cases of world class or top flight footballers having sons who have emulated their dads? (Probably missing some obvious ones)

    Cloughs maybe.

    Ronaldo, messi, maradonna, lots of working class English lads grew up realising football was a way to make a fortune doing something they enjoy and give them a life beyond the dreams of what they grew up in.

    Cant see how the sons of multi millionaires who will probably grow up wanting for nothing will have the same hunger and drive to plug away training and working at their game for years making lots of sacrifices no matter how much potential may be in their genes.

  • Fer gawds sake, another one slipped through the net......what are our scouts doing???

    I think he's a bit young at the moment for the scouts BA.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,038
    I presume there's a get out clause; supposing the kid doesn't like football and doesn't want to play?
  • Stig said:

    I presume there's a get out clause; supposing the kid doesn't like football and doesn't want to play?

    Then Marcus Bent gets summoned for a paternity test.

  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,038
    Good one Rodney.
  • THEMCA
    THEMCA Posts: 575
    He is only signed up as a member of the club not a player.
  • Are there any cases of world class or took flight footballers having sons who have emulated their dads? (Probably missing some obvious ones)

    Cloughs maybe.

    Ronaldo, messi, maradonna, lots of working class English lads grew up realising football was a way to make a fortune doing something they enjoy and give them a life beyond the dreams of what they grew up in.

    Cant see how the sons of multi millionaires who will probably grow up wanting for nothing will have the same hunger and drive to plug away training and working at their game for years making lots of sacrifices no matter how much potential may be in their genes.

    Jordi Cruyff played for Barca, Man Utd and Holland, but wasn't as good as his dad to be fair.

  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,200
    Cesare Maldini's kid went on to have a fairly reasonable career.
    Maybe Ince Junior is going to make it?
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,386
    edited November 2012
    cafcfan said:

    Cesare Maldini's kid went on to have a fairly reasonable career.
    Maybe Ince Junior is going to make it?

    Daniel Maldini tackling Clarence Seedorf...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFPpT-iqivM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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  • Cafcspud
    Cafcspud Posts: 187
    Great tackle
  • That's brilliant, quality tackle!
  • What's the betting that he'd be the third generation Maldini to be capped for Italy sometime in the 2020's?
  • PL54
    PL54 Posts: 10,757
    Rednapp

    Wright (Phillips)