- Pietro Tomaselli has been branded the 'new Totti' after signing for Roma
- The nine-year-old shows off some amazing skills during a training session
- Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United and City were all interested
So-called
'football wonderkids' are bandied about almost daily, but if Roma's
nine-year-old Pietro Tomaselli doesn't make it there is something wrong
in the world.
The
pint-sized playmaker showed off some of his skills during a training
session with the Serie A club, which featured a few moves that appeared
to defy the laws of gravity.
Aside
from the usual jinks, stepovers and nutmegs the youngster also manged
to chip a goalkeeper at least twice his height and score with what can
only be described as a double backheel.
Pietro Tomaselli (right) has been labelled the next Totti
The nine-year-old races towards goal before trying one of his many tricks
Tomaselli appears to backheel the ball off one foot and then the other
Roma signed the youngster amid interest from a host of European clubs
The
young Belgian, who has obviously been labelled as 'the next Totti', was
signed by the Giallorossi after they watched a series of Youtube clips
showing him run rings around opponents at Anderlecht's youth academy.
Real
Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United and Manchester City were also
reportedly interested in the talented starlet but his family chose Roma
partly because of their Italian heritage.
'We were really wonderfully welcomed,' Tomaselli's father Pino said.
'Everyone
knows about him already: the club president, the senior players. They
think he could be better than Diego Maradona,' he added.
In another show of skill, the pint-sized playmaker chips a keeper twice his size
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