Spain
Barca and Real look to sign 11-year-old ace
(AFP) 23 Feb 2007
Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid are among the clubs battling to sign an 11-year-old striker, seen as a rising star in his native Argentina.
Laureano Luduena, who hails from Pozo del Molle in the central province of Cordoba, has scored 160 goals in 75 official games played between 2005 and 2006.
Despite being targetted by Argentinian outfits River Plate and Boca Juniors, the boy's father Walter said he believes his son's future is overseas, so the entire family are planning to travel to Spain in March where Laureano has trials with Real Madrid, Barcelona and Espanyol.
"We're going to be 15 days in Spain, but then I'll return to Cordoba to decide what I'm going to do and for what club I'm going to play," explained Laureano.
"I'm calm, training and playing a little to arrive in my best form.
"I'm preparing all my newspaper cuttings, looking for the videos of my goals and some magazines to be able to show in Spain," he added.
Boca youth coach Ramon Maddoni, who trained the young Juan Roman Riquelme, Fernando Gago and Juan Pablo Sorin, said they had been keen to sign the youngster.
But Laureano insisted: "I had one practice session with Boca and I did well. They wanted to sign me but I wanted to play in River."
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