The ways things may work out in foreign lands are far different from Nigerian environment. For example, kids who tends to show football talent are better equipped and groomed in that direction such that, they find themselves where they rightly should be in the future...the pitch. Same cant be said of Nigeria.

Well, there's this small cousin of mine about 2yrs+. This boy is so lively, playful and professionally kicks everything he comes in contact with. From oranges on the road to the play kits including ball that were bought for him, to ordinary waterproof on ground and he does this very professionally from both legs. If you see this boy loping any object with his legs, you may think he's a retired footballer.

I want to personally follow up that boy and see how he can become if football is his talent.

What i do not have ideas about is what to do. Should he be enrolled into football academy once he comes of age? What are best football academy we have over here in Nigeria? Pls give advice.

This will really help others out there as alot of talents have been dying unused in this country due to lack of information and opportunity.

One word: get him out of the country. Preferably into an academy in Spain.

Antoinne:
One word: get him out of the country. Preferably into an academy in Spain.

Bro, thanks for your reply but is there no where one can start right here? And if one must send him over to foreign land, how do you obtain the right information towards doing that?

RedBenson:


Bro, thanks for your reply but is there no where one can start right here? And if one must send him over to foreign land, how do you obtain the right information towards doing that?

You can search out football academies in Spain or England. Nearly all of them have an age from which the kid can join. For some it's 4, for others it's 8 or even 12. Once you have settled on one, start preparing towards it. Meanwhile, keep the kid interested in football. Let him watch, buy him a round leather. He might even be able to do primary education here before leaving. Once he's of age, he should travel immediately to start schooling.

If you really follow through with this, you would be doing the kid a great favor. Identifying what a kid is capable of that early is an impressive thing. Helping the kid achieve it is even more so.

I had a cousin who wrote a book at 10. Of course, he didn't write that well, but it was something. And I'm talking a novel here. He would later write several more before clocking 15 and gaining admission into the university. While his parents were super carried away by his efforts, they still had him study engineering in school, packing all of his books and dumping them one side. Now, he's a first class engineer working with an oil coy and hustling about trying to make money. He's doing well for himself obviously, but still nurses a desire to write. That, however, is not coming easy to him anymore. Imagine, what influence such person might have attained in Nigeria, if he had continued writing from 15?

Help that kid. He clearly has no idea what he's doing right now, but if in the end he discovers he loves playing football more than being a doc or a lawyer; and he actually ends up being a footballer, he'd appreciate you to no end.

Antoinne:

You can search out football academies in Spain or England. Nearly all of them have an age from which the kid can join. For some it's 4, for others it's 8 or even 12. Once you have settled on one, start preparing towards it. Meanwhile, keep the kid interested in football. Let him watch, buy him a round leather. He might even be able to do primary education here before leaving. Once he's of age, he should travel immediately to start schooling.

If you really follow through with this, you would be doing the kid a great favor. Identifying what a kid is capable of that early is an impressive thing. Helping the kid achieve it is even more so.

I had a cousin who wrote a book at 10. Of course, he didn't write that well, but it was something. And I'm talking a novel here. He would later write several more before clocking 15 and gaining admission into the university. While his parents were super carried away by his efforts, they still had him study engineering in school, packing all of his books and dumping them one side. Now, he's a first class engineer working with an oil coy and hustling about trying to make money. He's doing well for himself obviously, but still nurses a desire to write. That, however, is not coming easy to him anymore. Imagine, what influence such person might have attained in Nigeria, if he had continued writing from 15?

Help that kid. He clearly has no idea what he's doing right now, but if in the end he discovers he loves playing football more than being a doc or a lawyer; and he actually ends up being a footballer, he'd appreciate you to no end.

Your reply is quite interesting, but what i dont understand is the possibility of sending underage within that age limit overseas when in true sense, those ones are still under the intense care of their parents/guardians. I thought it was when someone has come of age let's say 15 and above? How do they care for a kid of 4yrs over there in the absence of the true parents? Put me through on this pls. I'm serious about this matter.