Post by PureOldGold on Aug 3, 2007 13:44:10 GMT -1
The nine-year-old, a recent recruit for Manchester United's academy, is now the talk of football - thanks to a DVD of him in action for Brisbane club Redlands United.
He even made the front page of The Sun newspaper - who have immediately, and somewhat inevitably, dubbed him the new Wayne Rooney.
An unnamed 'source' told the paper: "He has created a huge buzz and people are raving about him all over the world."
The video, which is said to have already had more than three million viewers on YouTube, is undeniably impressive. The youngster dances round defenders, performs some step-overs a la Cristiano Ronaldo and delivers defence-splitting passes.
It is easy to see why United invited Davis to move 11,000 miles from Brisbane to Manchester after they were sent the DVD of him in action by his Cheshire-based grandfather.
But the new Wayne Rooney?
The man who coached Rooney as a boy, Everton's academy manager Ray Hall, warns there are no guarantees.
"I've heard a lot of talk about prodigies but I can tell you that no child is treated any differently from another when they're that young," he told BBC Five Live.
"We never make any promises. All we're doing is providing youngsters with an opportunity to achieve their dreams."
This kid has got some skills
