Blink, Blink, Blink, What?

[Tim]

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/08...ns-7-year-old/

I thought it was an Onion headline. It's not.

I agree. Real Madrid is a joke.

[Jacob]

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/08...ns-7-year-old/

I thought it was an Onion headline. It's not.

Signed him to their youth program. Isn't it typical to sign the kids up at that age in Europe in the pro teams' youth programs? Maybe signing an Argentine in Spain is unusual?

I read a good NYT article on this in the Netherlands last year.

But from the article you linked:

There are mutterings of disgust that Real has signed a player too young for many amusement park rides, but signing young players is old hat in the beautiful game. Earlier this year, VVV Venlo of the Netherlands' top league reportedly signed an 18-month-old to a 10-year-contract. Yes, an 18-month-old.

[Jacob]

[wally]

....

I saw a dude in a gas station with ear hair like that once.

[Portland Ute]

That reminds me of ordering food in Guatemala from McDonalds for the first time. It bugged me that they just left certain menu items in English and that in order to be understood you had to pronounce the item in its pseudo English form and with a thick spanish accent e.g. quiero un mil-SHAY.

Un Bi-ma!

[Portland Ute]

:finger3::moon:

I agree. Real Madrid is a joke.

[Portland Ute]

Signed him to their youth program. Isn't it typical to sign the kids up at that age in Europe in the pro teams' youth programs? Maybe signing an Argentine in Spain is unusual?

I read a good NYT article on this in the Netherlands last year.

But from the article you linked:

The only thing that is unusual is the kid is from Argentina.

He wasn't signed to a pro-contract or to play in a lower division.

They are essentially putting him in their development program and he'll play on a club team...like a comp team here in the U.S.

Big woop.

[wuapinmon]

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[wuapinmon]

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[Donuthole]

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[Jacob]

That gave me a good laugh. My wife wasnt as moved as I was.

[Jacob]

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