Callum Gribbin
He’s 16 years old, outrageously talented, and looks every inch a superstar in the making.
He’s the 16-year-old who is the star player of Manchester United‘s current U18 squad.
And while he was pretty obscure on Thursday morning, he wakes up on Friday being one of the most famous young players in the game.
That’s because Manchester United shared a video of him on their social media channels, showing off some simply astounding skills in nutmegging, wrong-footing, slipping past and generally making it look like he’s a footballing Sherlock Holmes while everyone else on the pitch is Inspector Lestrade. The clip has now gone viral – unsurprisingly, given that it makes Gribbin look like the genetically-engineered synthesis of George Best, Lionel Messi, Johan Cruyff and Ryan Giggs.
Of course, one clip doesn’t mean much. Just ask a Fulham fan about Bryan Ruiz‘s YouTube highlights versus his day-in-day-out reality.
And you also have to wonder how far these sorts of tricks would get you up against, say, Diego Costa.
But nonetheless, Gribbin looks stupendously good on the ball – no wonder that Louis van Gaal has already earmarked him as one of the next players who’ll be given a run-out in the senior squad when circumstances allow.
source:uk.eurosport.yahoo.com
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