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Milan has released a statement in which it categorically denies signing nine-year-old wonderkid Edgardo Obregon. It was widely reported yesterday that the Italian club had already snapped up the nine-year-old Obregon. The Mexican has already played for Chivas de Guardalajara and Barcelona, and impressed the Rossoneri recently during trials at Milanello and Il Diavolo. Obregon has already been compared to the likes of Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero, but Milan have come out and rubbished the reports that they have signed the minor.

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September 26, 2008  09:04 AM ET

Crazy that we've reached a point where there are even rumors of signing such young kids. If Christiano Ronaldo were to impregnate Marta, some club might bid on the child in utero.

September 26, 2008  09:43 AM ET
QUOTE(#1):

If Christiano Ronaldo were to impregnate Marta, some club might bid on the child in utero.

LOL on the Ronaldo referrence.

September 26, 2008  09:44 AM ET

This is stupid. You cannot possibly evaluate the POTENTIAL talent of a 9 year old. What's next? Signing the offspring of great players before they are even born. Hey I heard that Leo Messi might have a kid in the next 10 years and that he will probably be a great player. Lets tell the world that we have a contract written up for his unborn son.

September 26, 2008  10:15 AM ET

You know what, on a serious note if basketball coaches can offer scholarship offers to kids in junior high school (here's looking at you Billy Gillespie) then we shouldn't be so surprised that it's happening in football.

This kid is going to be part of Milan's youth academy where they can develop him to hopefully play in the next 10 years or so. All the major clubs invest in youth, so I'm not surprised by this.

September 26, 2008  11:17 AM ET
QUOTE(#4):

You know what, on a serious note if basketball coaches can offer scholarship offers to kids in junior high school (here's looking at you Billy Gillespie) then we shouldn't be so surprised that it's happening in football.

I was thinking the same thing. The thing that's happened with basketball is that it tends to have the opposite effect. For every Lebron James and Kevin Garnett there's 20 Kwame Browns (although I wouldn't call making $20 mil a year failing).

September 26, 2008  01:12 PM ET

that 9 year old is going to be a hit with the girls at the junior prom dance...

September 26, 2008  01:21 PM ET

Didn't an Italian club offer a contract to F. Adu when he was about that age? Though his mother turned it down.

September 26, 2008  05:17 PM ET
QUOTE(#1):

Crazy that we've reached a point where there are even rumors of signing such young kids. If Christiano Ronaldo were to impregnate Marta, some club might bid on the child in utero.

If Ronaldo were to impregnate Marta, it would be the first known case of transgender reproduction in medical history...

September 26, 2008  05:21 PM ET

He's a little long in the tooth at 9 for Arsene Wenger's liking lol But if Aguerro and Maradonna's daughter's offspring turns out to be a boy, every coach will be all over him before he can walk.

September 26, 2008  06:37 PM ET

I agree with J and Pawn, i think a level of interest is important and can definitely yield results but 9 is a bit too young, my little girl is 8 and I can't imagine putting any kind of pressure at that age, it's absurd. However i do think it's very important to continue to develop talent when there definitely is talent there, look at Gio, Bojan and Messi in the Barca youth system. But cut these kids at 9 a break they are just that...KIDS.

Wasn't there another Mexican kid that Madrid had a huge interest in, he may have been between 12-14 though, still young but more realistic IMO.

September 26, 2008  07:26 PM ET
QUOTE(#3):

This is stupid. You cannot possibly evaluate the POTENTIAL talent of a 9 year old. What's next? Signing the offspring of great players before they are even born. Hey I heard that Leo Messi might have a kid in the next 10 years and that he will probably be a great player. Lets tell the world that we have a contract written up for his unborn son.

I don't know if hockey translates to soccer......at 9 years of age everyone knew Gretzky, Lemieux, & Crosby would be great.

September 26, 2008  08:11 PM ET

Who cares how good he is! He's a CHILD!!!

if it's even true.....

September 26, 2008  11:36 PM ET

guess he can tell his mom to sod off, everytime she nags him about doing homework...

September 27, 2008  11:49 AM ET

This is the point where a kid stops being a kid. If he is signed, he will have no life other than soccer. The team will dictate his every breath.
In a reference to hockey, when Eric Lindros was first signed by the Flyers, his contract stated that he was no longer allowed to water ski at his cottage (which he loved to do).
Let the kid be a kid for a while. Maybe it will turn out that he doesn't even like the game when he gets a little older.

September 27, 2008  12:34 PM ET
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LOL on the Ronaldo referrence.

For Ronaldo's sake, I hope he does not get close to Marta. She doesn't look like the kind of girl to like Ronaldo's attention.

September 27, 2008  01:40 PM ET

Nothing wrong with this.

Sincerely,
Tony Alamo

September 27, 2008  02:57 PM ET

Let the kid have fun and be a kid

September 27, 2008  06:10 PM ET
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For Ronaldo's sake, I hope he does not get close to Marta. She doesn't look like the kind of girl to like Ronaldo's attention.

Yeah, I liked the reference but I would hope that Ronaldo could do better then Marta.

September 27, 2008  11:06 PM ET

its probably another danny almonte... he's 9, but hes really 14

 
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