Baerke van der Meij

"Extremely early detection of a child's talent? Movida "advertising? "Child Exploitation? The point is that the world of football added a new page in the chapter of events certainly unusual but the protagonist has no idea why.

Is that van der Meij Baerke has been announced as signing for the club Venlose Dutch Voetbal Vereniging Venlo. This is a player no team with a history of being the grandson of a former player of VVV-Venlo. So far nothing unusual. What worth mentioning is that this small has not seen Barcelona win the title of UEFA Champions League 2008/2009 (With the much talked scandal Stamfornd Bridge ) or Spain win the Euro 2008 because it has only a year and a half!

It all started with a YouTube video that captured more than a million hits. The child holed out with unusual quality, three balls in his toy chest. The team of four "vee", which launched last but one in the Eredivisie, contacted him and made him sign in front of the world's media a contract for ten years. However, the clarification was not long in coming ...

It is a way to get some publicity. It is not really a contract. There are no restrictions, no money involved. All we hope is that when old enough to start training, do it with us, like his grandfather in the past. The position of the child's preference is not determined yet, but we can say he has a good right foot and good football genes inherited from his grandfather

Is it really what happened or actually entered into a contract? Will van der Meij a new Cruyff or simply an Internet star? The future will tell ...