By Chris Wright
Dutch side VVV-Venlo are hoping to stave off relegation from the Eredivisie this season with a new signing – 18-month old toddler Baerke van der Meij, who set Youtube hearts a flutter recently after his parents posted a video of him clipping footballs into his toybox from across the room…
‘Tis all a bit of a PR stunt, but Venlo have still snared young Baerke (whose grandfather also used to play for the club) on a 10-year, ‘symbolic’ contract – which he signed with a squiggle of his Crayola at a press conference yesterday before heading out to train with the first team…
*Obligatory ‘good dribbler’ pun*
Bless.
Via the Telegraph.