Barcelona wonderkid Xavi Simons takes internet by storm with dazzling skills – and super agent Mino Raiola is already looking to sign him
Mino Raiola has visited Barcelona's famed La Masia academy, reportedly aiming to add the Dutch prodigy to his list of clients
BARCELONA prodigy Xavi Simons is taking the internet by storm after hitting 500,000 Instagram followers... aged just 14!
Superagent Mino Raiola visited Barcelona's famed La Masia academy, reportedly aiming to add the Dutch wonderkid to his list of clients.
say the man responsible for guiding the careers of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba wants to do the same with the 14-year-old Dutch talent.
And it not hard to see why with some of the skills on the youngster's Instagram page.
And it has ensured he has over 16 TIMES as many fans visiting his page as Dutch legend Ruud Gullit.
Footage features Simons' trickery as well as him meeting former Barca ace Neymar.
Simons has been identified as one of the key names to look out for as he progresses through the ranks at the same academy Lionel Messi attended.
And there appears to be genuine belief among Nou Camp supremos that he could one day go on to become a star in the first team - like his namesake and hero Xavi.
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The chances of that will no doubt be greatly increased with Raiola pulling the strings in the background.
also claimed Simons' dad, Regillio, sat with Raiola as the pair watched the starlet playing against Sant Gabriel.
The Spanish site published images appearing to show Raiola and Simons jumping into the same car together, along with the lad's father.
Simons has so far been represented by his old man, 44, who had a journeyman career as a striker through the Dutch leagues.
Xavi is not Spanish, but Dutch and is the son of former footballer Regillio Simons – who spent his entire career playing in the Netherlands.
Yet Regillio is a Barcelona fan and he and his wife Peggy named their son after their hero… Xavi.
At that stage, Xavi Hernandez was just 23, but already an established star in Spain and a hero in Barcelona.
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