Milan sign nine-year-old Thursday 25 September, 2008

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Milan have signed a nine-year-old Mexican boy, who has already been compared to Lionel Messi, Sergio Agüero and Diego Maradona.

In a piece of forward planning, the Rossoneri have pounced to secure the services of Edgardo Obregon.

The tiny trequartista had been learning the ropes at Guadalajara outfit Chivas where he has been nicknamed 'The Cat.'

Obregon impressed at the recent Milan Friendly youth tournament and was reportedly also approached by Barcelona.

“He's the heir to Messi, Aguero and Maradona,” Spanish newspaper Marca claimed.

Many of Europe's top clubs are recruiting players at a young age as the race to find the superstars of tomorrow becomes ever more competitive.

We will se in 10 years how good he really is.

I love how they compare him to all three players at once. Lol. Talk about great expectations!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgaGSRhAyLA <-- this is our Gato (i assume Gato is 'The Cat')


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF5Bf0NrH_Q...feature=related <-- this one really shows how talented he is at milanello..

more information about him: http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/a...to-obregon.html

p/s: credit to GatoObregon on YouTube for the vids..

I've got just one little word for him: Holy Cow!

he looks like paolo maldini's son, christian though.. maybe.........

Yeah, I had the exact same thought while I was watching the videos. His hair and complexion look like him, plus he's the same age. Who knows, maybe they'll both be playing for us ten years down the line?

nope.. i was thinking he is paolo's son with mexican mother... just like maradona did in italy years back.. but, naaaaah..

wow this kid surly is really gud and only 9 may be at 15-16 he mite even make it to milan coppa sort of matches

good god. born in 1999! i remember celebrating the 99 new year. i thought i was young

lol who was teh one who signed him. They better not ruin this kids career. That age can be dangerous.

Video
http://www.ole.clarin.com/notas/2008/09/25...l/01767652.html

I was not too far from being a teeanger when he was born.. and I'll probably be 30 by the time he even plays for the club. He'll probably flop and become a nobody anyways.

we have denied tht we didnt sign him

though there's a video which shows him playing for Milan (if thats the Milan of Italy)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXohdGJ2kRU

I graduated high school in 99

This is too much. they said Messi was the new Maradona, Pato the new Ronaldo, Gourcuff the new Zidane, Benzema the new Trezeguet/Henry, etc. but to label a 9yo Messi, Aguero and Maradona's heir is just too much! stupid journalists...

Anyway, if he was going to be like Messi Barca would've kept him IMO.

... But he looks very good to be honest...!

I think it's very difficult to tell at this age. I remember one of my friends from when I was about 10 years old used to run circles around everyone else our age, if you were watching him you'd think he was Maradona or something. But in reality he was nowhere near good enough to play professionaly, he just looked brilliant compared to who he was playing again. I'm 99% certain it'll be the same for this kid.

I agree... it's almost impossible to tell if he's going to be like Messi and Bojan... not even Wenger can tell!

lol, so did i

And I never did graduate high school, so go figure!

It's totally ridiculous this labeling thing...

Whichever team wanted to enter him into their youth system would have to convince the parents... and that's not always easy... take Sheva for example, Milan had been following his steps ever since he was very young but his family did not want to move to Italy or let him go when he was a bit older...


It's all about how he evolves. At his age he is obviously better than the other kids but if he does not get better with age then it would not matter...

I didn't know we followed Sheva when he was younger. if we could sign him a few years sooner, Nordahl would have been Milan's second best goalscorer of all-time now!

Yes he played with one of Dynamo Kyiv youth teams against the respective Milan one. That's when we spotted him.

Of course we should have followed this guy too! Not only back then but also when Albertini suggested we should sign him later on... Now he plays for that team...

Ehhh, Torres is fantastic forward.

I don't like Torres. Something about him, that just doesn't appeal to me personality-wise. I think he's a little dull.

This is ridiculously.

He's so far up his own *** he's coming out of his own mouth. Good player though.

we should've put this kid in against cagliari

So, did we sign him?
He plays for us but we didnt sign him?
Can someone explain?

I believe he was just invited to play in some youth tournament...

...and no he wasn't signed.

ahh.. pity.. if we did, maybe one day we can see the cat playing side by side with the duck..

I personally think he's under the radar. Who knows, maybe he'll play for us someday? I remember Ajax signed a 7-year-old boy some times back, and frankly that experiment failed badly. But like you said, a combo of Gato and Pato sounds too mouthwatering to miss!

Freddy Adu...

He's another one, yeah. Best bet is to let nature take it's course, and let these boys develop.

Jason Vorhees...

what's the point with this topic..milan already denied that they didn't sign any 9 year old..The topic should be closed..i think..

i think he's called sonny pike..signed in the mid nineties..

Who? The 7-year-old? Yeah, he was Sonny Pike, had a pretty sad end from what I know. Another reason to let the boys develop on their own, and when they're ready sign them.

Sonny Pike @ Wikipedia