Swedish Starlet Joins Barcelona

[Folami David]

A Swedish club announced on Monday the transfer of their nine-year-old prodigy, Zico Jr Marecaldi, to Spanish giants Barcelona.
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"On Wednesday Zico leaves for Barcelona for new challenges," BK Olympic, a Swedish fifth-tier club based in Malmo, announced on their website.
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Following his appearance at a Barca recruitment camp, the Swedish press have kept tabs on the young midfielder, whose idol is Lionel Messi.
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He is hoping to follow in the footsteps of Henrik Larsson and Zlatan Ibrahimovic by becoming just the third Swede to wear the Barca colours.
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"It's going to be cool," the youngster told Swedish daily Skaanska Dagbladet.
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His father Antonio, coach at BK Olympic, told the paper he would send his son to boarding school initially, with the family moving to Spain as soon as possible.

[Shola Sholaz]

Well Barcelona are known for promoting young talents when it comes to football so I wish him luck for his career!