I know this is gonna be off the subject, not to mention sport, but Tom Hicks owner of the Manchester United signs 9 yr old to a pro contract.

Hey Tommy boy, how bout you keep an eye on sports in the US of A?!!

story: http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=reu-...s&type=lgns

Video: http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=888700&cache=1

Tom Hicks owns Liverpool, not Manchester United. That's amazing though. NINE years old...!?

Oh, you're right.. sorry.. then this topic is of no use.. For some reason I was thinking Manchester Utd.

It's not uncommon in Soccer. They sign about 40 nine year olds each year and decide to renew or not after one year. That way they can pay to lock up talent until they are ready.

True:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,292018,00.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG47FDenyXw

holy sh!t

He is playing against kids his own age of course he is gonna be good.....kinda odd that they would sign kids that young

For the same reason, the Yankees can pay millions to bring in the likes of Irabu and Igawa in for tryouts.

we all know how the 45 million dollar minor league player is doing...now dont we! Igawa blows! Maybe during the off-season he can work on things and next year actually keep his spot