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Aussie Football Wunderkind Wows Manchester United

9:28AM Jess McGuire | This from news.com.au. Rhain Davis went to Manchester in pursuit of his dream. Yesterday he was the toast of all England. The nine-year-old Australian boy came to the attention of soccer giant Manchester United after his grandfather sent the club DVD footage of him. The Sun newspaper already thinks highly of his prospects, promoting him to the front page, his story read by 10 million people. The story was then detailed inside Britain’s biggest selling newspaper on pages normally reserved for serious news – pages four and five. “Wonder kid Rhain Davis was signed by Manchester United after stunned scouts viewed a DVD featuring his mesmerising skills,” it said. By the fifth paragraph, however, the Poms had already begun the groundwork to claim him as their own. “And the good news is that he could one day play for England as he has a UK passport through his mother’s side,” it said. Typical British. Although if memory serves, the Australian press similarly attempted to claim New Zealand child actress Keisha Castle-Hughes as one of ours once she was nominated for an Oscar, then quickly gave her back to the Kiwis when she got pregnant at 16. In any case, here’s some footage of Rhain doing his thang. We don’t know much about football, but we’re fairly sure Rhain’s “skillz” can safely be considered “mad”. More »