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Meet Pietro Tomaselli – the world’s most skilful 9-year-old

Published 17:19 4 Aug 2015 BST

Updated 17:24 4 Aug 2015 BST

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Meet Pietro Tomaselli – the world’s most skilful 9-year-old

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Pietro Tomaselli is around four foot tall and can't watch a PG-rated film on his own, but everyone is talking about his amazing football skills.

The nine-year old Belgian has been dubbed 'Mini Messi', and had the likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United and Manchester City all watching him with interest. https://twitter.com/Football__Tweet/status/628505689694978049 In the end the 'Pocket Pele' plumped for AS Roma, and his father has spoken of the stir that his precocious son has caused at the Serie A club. "We were really wonderfully welcomed," Pino Tomaselli explained, "Everyone knows about [Pietro] already: the club president, the senior players. They think he could be better than Diego Maradona." https://twitter.com/UberrFootbaII/status/627732574652231680 Although that's a heavy burden for a primary school-aged kid to bear, no one can doubt his magical close control and sensational dribbling skills. The kid's going to be a star... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-6txe_Gt4s

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Meet Pietro Tomaselli - the world's most skilful 9-year-old