« Goalline technology in place by 2008 | Main | Jose Mourinho: The 'Shaddup your face' song »
One to watch: Muhammad Demirci - Barcelona's £2 million 12-year-old
If you thought Arsene Wenger took a gamble when he splashed the cash on Theo Walcott, then imagine spending £2 million to bring a 12-year-old to your club. That is exactly what Barcelona have done to secure the services of Turkish wonderkid Muhammad Demirci. The Besiktas youngster is set to pocket £1,500-a-month in wages - which beats your average paper round - when he moves to the Nou Camp in September. It certainly represents a gamble by the Catalan giants, but the videos after the jump show why they have been tempted to part with their Euros.
One to watch: Muhammad Demirci - Barcelona's £2 million 12-year-old continued
[Rob Parker]
March 19, 2007 | Permalink
Comments
Ya know, it would help if you mentioned where you got the news from :)
Posted by: Ahmed Bilal | Mar 19, 2007 12:13:16 PM
Looks pretty decent, but I'd put my house on the faact that he never plays a game for Barcelona, there are just too many things that could go wrong between now and then for any 12-year-old to be worth £2million. Also, anyone else think he might not have the greatest shot on him? He seems to be constantly looking for the pass in that clip!
Posted by: Ashley Lawrence | Mar 19, 2007 12:20:05 PM
The kid's 12 years old! He has yet to sniff puberty from the looks of things, meaning he could end up being 5 feet 1 inch tall and weighing somewhere in the neighborhood of 125 pounds.
I agree with Ashley on the fact that there are way too many variables in play here for this to be a pure football play. I think Barca wants to make some PR noise here and maybe expand its presence in the Turkish market with this signing.
Posted by: Justin | Mar 19, 2007 2:05:30 PM
I bet Wenger's watchin him...
Posted by: Ahmed Bilal | Mar 19, 2007 6:05:50 PM
He will never be a Barca player.....I didn't see him dive once!!
Posted by: Benny | Mar 19, 2007 6:40:25 PM
The comments to this entry are closed.
