A junior Messi, although similar in height

I've seen videos of him before. His ball skills are amazing, but all we've seen of him is that he can do street tricks.

Even in the future, I doubt he'll be a good enough finisher or passer, and I also doubt if he'll have any physical attributes that set him apart from everybody else. It's no use having all the ball control in the world if you run 100 metres in 15 seconds.

How can you possibly make that judgement on an 8 year old?

I read yesterday that Real Madrid have signed a 7 year old.

Didnt we sign Josh at 8 years old?

I worked as a youth scout for a league 1 club until a couple of years ago and I can assure you clubs will have already approached this kids parents. I went to watch an under 7's tournament a few years back and I counted scouts from 9 prem league clubs and they were just the ones I knew. There is pressure from the clubs to pick the kids up as young as possible and some hold special training sessions for children as young as 5