Many of today's world soccer stars honed their skills at the FC Barcelona youth academy, and that trend looks like it will continue well into the future. Zak Gilsenan, 9, has accepted an offer to join the famous Barcelona youth set-up. Dubbed "the Irish Messi," Gilsenan will get the chance to develop under the watchful eyes as the same folks who trained the real Lionel Messi, according to the Mail. "I know Zak is young to be doing this but kids are like a sponge at this age," Gilsenan's father Stephen Gilsenan said. "People say we are mad but in...
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