9 year old signed to Manchester United

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Manchester United sign nine-year-old YouTube wonder kid

By Simon Rabinovitch

LONDON, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Manchester United have signed a gifted nine-year-old after his grandfather sent the Premier League champions a DVD showcasing the boy's talents which has become a YouTube sensation.

Rhain Davis, who was born in England but has lived in Australia since the age of four, was hailed by the British press on Thursday as the next Wayne Rooney after the United striker.

The boy's dribbling and goalscoring prowess for an Under-10 side in Brisbane, Australia, feature in a four-minute YouTube clip, already viewed more than 800,000 times.

United confirmed the signing but played down the hype around Davis, who has moved back to Cheshire in northern England with his father, near the club's training ground.

"He's a member of our academy and we don't comment on individual members," a United spokesman told Reuters.

He added that the club sign about 40 players of Davis's age every year and, as is standard, will decide annually whether to renew his contract or release him.

What was so unusual in Davis's case was that his skills were brought to the attention of United's youth scouts by the DVD submission, which could inspire other hopefuls, the spokesman said.

"We're bracing ourselves for a whole series of DVDs," he added.

Davis has been thrilled at the chance to rub shoulders with some of his idols.

"The best part has been meeting lots of players like Wayne Rooney," he told British newspapers.



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reckon they'll notice if you interposed your head on to some Ronaldinho footage? Could be the new ali dia

be interesting to see if that kid makes it - for every David Beckham there's another 20 Richard Irvings. These were the FA Youth Cup Man United final squads in the early 90's:

1 GK Kevin Pilkington
2 DF John O'Kane
3 DF George Switzer
4 DF Chris Casper
5 DF Gary Neville (c)
6 MF David Beckham
7 MF Nicky Butt
8 MF Simon Davies
9 FW Colin McKee
10 FW Robbie Savage
11 MF Ben Thornley
Sub FW Joe Roberts
Sub MF Leonard Taylor
Sub FW Ryan Giggs
Sub MF Keith Gillespie


1 GK Darren Whitmarsh
2 DF John O'Kane
3 DF Stephen Riley
4 DF Chris Casper
5 DF Gary Neville (c)
6 MF Keith Gillespie
7 MF Nicky Butt
8 MF David Beckham
9 FW Richard Irving
10 FW Paul Scholes
11 MF Ben Thornley
Sub DF Colin Murdock
Sub FW Robbie Savage
Sub DF Phil Neville
Sub MF Mark Rawlinson

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and you might recognise one of the Arsenal winning team a couple of years before

1 GK Alan Miller
2 DF Lee Francis
3 DF Jim Carstairs
4 MF David Hillier (captain)
5 DF Al Hannigan
6 DF Steve Morrow
7 MF Neil Heaney
8 FW Francis Cagigao
9 FW Kevin Campbell
10 DF Steve Ball
11 MF Gary McKeown
Sub MF Ray Lee
Sub DF Pat Scully

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and you might recognise one of the Arsenal winning team a couple of years before

1 GK Alan Miller
2 DF Lee Francis
3 DF Jim Carstairs
4 MF David Hillier (captain)
5 DF Al Hannigan
6 DF Steve Morrow
7 MF Neil Heaney
8 FW Francis Cagigao
9 FW Kevin Campbell
10 DF Steve Ball
11 MF Gary McKeown
Sub MF Ray Lee
Sub DF Pat Scully

ahhhhh little stevie morrow.