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Sports - September 25, 2007

Danish Teenager Alexander Jacobsen Hailed As ‘Mini’ Ronaldinho
A long-locked youngster of exceptional talent has been likened to the Brazilian wizard…

As presented by Spanish sports daily AS, a youngster who has been hailed as ‘the mini Ronaldinho’ has become the next footballing sensation in Denmark.

Alexander Jacobsen, a 14-year-old youngster with an Egyptian father and a Danish mother, is billed as the successor to the Brazilian’s legendary ball handling and deft touch, which won the toothy midfielder the World Player of the Year award at Barcelona. (Goal.com)

Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez is closing in on Danish starlet Alexander Jacobsen according to reports in Spanish publication AS and the Daily Mail. The highly-rated youngster has been courted by Barcelona and Real Madrid, but it looks as though Benitez has won the race to sign the player up to Liverpool’s academy.

Jacobsen, who is also eligible to play for Egypt through his father, has been compared to AC Milan and Brazilian forward Ronaldinho because of his unique ball skills and tricks with a football at his feet. (Sport.co.uk)

Now it is always a problem when an up and coming player is dubbed the “New Messi/Cristiano Ronaldo/Maradona/Zidane” but on this occasion I hope we have indeed beaten off the competition for a wonderkid, but only time will tell.

The recent financial crisis at Anfield has left Rafa Benitez having to be more cautious about who he brings in and the Spaniard has started to boost numbers in his academy by adding some top notch foreign talent who he is looking to bring in through the Liverpool system in the hopes of producing some cost effective ways of improving the squad.

We have certainly not been overly blessed with good quality players coming through the ranks in the past decade or so but recent graduates like Jay Spearing, Daniel Ayala, Martin Kelly and Krisztian Nemeth have given us cause for optimism.

YNWA

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