Rhain Davis (9 year old), soccer prodigy, makes it to Manchester Utd

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22179653-2,00.html</p>

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RHAIN Davis went to Manchester in pursuit of his dream. Yesterday he was the toast of all England. he nine-year-old Australian boy came to the attention of soccer giant Manchester United after his grandfather sent the club DVD footage of him. The Sun newspaper already thinks highly of his prospects, promoting him to the front page, his story read by 10 million people. The story was then detailed inside Britain's biggest selling newspaper on pages normally reserved for serious news - pages four and five. "Wonder kid Rhain Davis was signed by Manchester United after stunned scouts viewed a DVD featuring his mesmerising skills," it said. </p>

By the fifth paragraph, however, the Poms had already begun the groundwork to claim him as their own. "And the good news is that he could one day play for England as he has a UK passport through his mother's side," it said. YouTube footage also cheekily begins with a small biography that claims his nationality is "British".

The extraordinary treatment from The Sun is unprecedented for a boy so young. The front page lead hailed Rhain as a new Wayne Rooney, revealing his skills have been posted on YouTube and claiming they had already been seen by more than three million people.

The video footage uploaded shows Rhain has already perfected the samba-style stepover, popularised by Man United superstar Christiano Ronaldo, as well as displaying a tight control of the ball almost unheard of in a player so young.

Rhain's talents have also spread to clubs beyond Manchester United. Blogger "Derk", on the website of rival club Liverpool, has written: "I have just seen the future of football and his name is Rhain Davis. "Watch him on this link. It is as scary as it is brilliant."

Three weeks ago news of Rhain's talent began to bubble over in Australia when his move to England was covered in a front page story in Brisbane's Courier Mail.

Rhain and his father Mark moved from Brisbane to Cheshire to be near the club's youth academy. His mum, Leah, and brothers Emerson and Reeve will follow soon. </p>

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Ah... lets file this one under wtf?</p>

-Petey</p>

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (bucsgirl70)</div><div class='quotemain'>This kid's incredible, but we'll see if he lives up to the hype when he's old enough to compete</div></p>

Welcome to S2 bucsgirl70! Sure you'll love it here.</p>

ManU fan?</p>

-Petey</p>

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (bucsgirl70)</div><div class='quotemain'>

Thanks! Great to be here! </p>

I'm a VERY new fan to soccer, and would love to be able to see more Premiere League games. The European leagues have some of the best players in the world, would be much better than watching MLS....</p>

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I have Fox Soccer included with my cable package. Has a couple a week. Satanta on Dish has the most.</p>

MLS isn't bad either. They are on similar footing.</p>

-Petey</p>

 

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I have Fox Soccer included with my cable package. Has a couple a week. Satanta on Dish has the most.</p>

MLS isn't bad either. They are on similar footing.</p>

-Petey </p>

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that's cool. I have Comcast Digital and we have no Fox sports channels available where I live, which stinks.....[/QUOTE]</p>

Oh man. Not cool.</p>

-Petey</p>