Not everyone is just like “Messi”, and has been praised by Cristiano Ronaldo. However, there was a 14 -year -old MU football prodigy to do that. So who is considered as “small Messi” and makes Ronaldo collapse?
JJ Gabriel is a special phenomenon in MU. Although only 14 years old, the boy has revealed his outstanding talent. Many teams plotted JJ Gabriel but were stopped by MU. Dubbed “Kid Messi”, JJ Gabriel is a close friend of Ronaldo Jr and has been highly appreciated by Ronaldo.
The 14 -year -old prodigy JJ Gabriel of MU has officially committed to his future with the Red Devils of Manchester after the club leader is determined to keep this teenage player. It is known that MU does not want football director Jason Wilcox and the person in charge of the transfer negotiation Matt Hargreaves to convince “Kid Messi” to stay at the Old Trafford team.
In March, a lot of sources revealed that some European giants queue to recruit Gabriel. The reason Gabriel is so hot, because in addition to the natural talent, his profile is also very special. Gabriel has a Irish nationality and is allowed to play in the EU (clubs in the countries of the European Union) since the age of 16.
Gabriel, full name is Joseph Junior Andreou Gabriel, grew up in London and played for Chelsea, Arsenal and West Ham. The technical qualities of this 14 -year -old talent were honed in Futsal, so proficient that Alfie Brooks, the coach of this player, emphasized that “Gabriel has capable of stepping out of the Big Sea of the Premier League”.
“When the boy was just starting to practice, the competitiveness was the most prominent quality. I trained nearly 1,000 academy players throughout my career, four of them are Josh Nichols (Arsenal), Josh Acheampong (Chelsea), Sydie Peck (Sheffield United) and Tyrique George (Chelsea).
And JJ is the best I have ever seen. The boy swim to the Big Sea Premier League right now and technically, JJ will be better than all the players I have led. Not even comparable, ”Alfie Brooks praised Gabriel's rare talent on Mail Sport.
So, how did Gabriel train and train to be praised by Alfie Brooks?
At the age of 6, Gabriel spent a week focusing on keeping the ball (keeping the ball in the air with body parts except hand). By that weekend, the boy could hold the ball 1,000 times in a row and quickly become the best player in the matches with the older players he was older.
At the age of 9, Gabriel became famous for the YouTube video that he appeared with the nickname “Kid Messi” (Tieu Messi). However, the thing that Gabriel has shown his personality from that young: he did not want to be called “Kid Messi”.
And now, at the age of 14, Gabriel has been summoned into the U18 team when MU wants to promote his development. Many talented hunting experts believe that one day he can reach the level of Cristiano Ronaldo or Neymar, even “more than Messi”.
Gabriel also made public attention when he was a very close friend of Cristiano Ronaldo Jr when he was at MU's academy. Let's play at Old Trafford with shirts 7 (Ronaldo) and No. 10 (Gabriel), they become close and often spend time together on the pitch at Ronaldo's seven -bedroom villa.
CR7 himself also “fell in love” for his son's best friend and gave him a shirt with a signature as a farewell gift before taking his son to leave MU to go to Saudi Arabia. Dan Ashworth, who was fired by Sir Jim Ratcliffe from the position of sports director last season, was also an admirer of Gabriel, while a teammate in the U18 MU team said he was “extremely surprised” when he witnessed the 14 -year -old practitioner.
Gabriel's career was carefully managed by his family with the goal of helping him to become a superstar. Gabriel's father is also the former player of the Irish, Joe O'Cearuill. The reason he changed the family's surname to Gabriel to show their religious beliefs as well as help MU's young star become more branded.
In addition, Father Gabriel also decided to let his son study at home to maximize football development, and must follow a very strict diet to improve performance. In short, professionally, Gabriel is like a leading professional player and debuted the U15 team in February. Certainly, with the personality and the roadmap, Gabriel has a bright future waiting ahead.
