{"id":1264,"date":"2011-07-06T11:02:58","date_gmt":"2011-07-06T09:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.footballticketsbarcelona.com\/fc-barcelona-news\/?p=1264"},"modified":"2021-04-08T10:34:13","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T08:34:13","slug":"seven-year-old-from-uk-gets-barca-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballticketsbarcelona.com\/fc-barcelona-news\/seven-year-old-from-uk-gets-barca-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven-year-old from UK gets Barca trial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A boy of seven from the UK saw his holiday in Spain become a football trial<\/strong> with European champions Barcelona.<\/strong> Kai Fifield<\/strong> was playing with a group of local kids having a game near Barcelona’s Camp Nou<\/strong> stadium while on holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

What they didnt know was the match was being watched by Barcelona<\/strong> scouts looking for the club’s famous youth academy.
The scouts approached Kai’s dad Delaney and asked him if his son could come along to an official trial at the 100,000-seater stadium the day after – an offer which threw up a problem, since the two were due to fly back to England the following day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I explained we were leaving tomorrow but they were persistent,” Delaney explained. “So we cancelled the flights and I took him back!”
Kai’s trial on one of Barcelona’s first-team training pitches went well, with a coach describing the lad’s performance as “very, very good”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The coaches will deliver their final verdict over the next weeks, however, with Kai in line to be offered a place at the academy as of September if he is deemed good enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I would pack our bags and move there tomorrow if they asked,” confirmed Delaney.
“Every father would say this, but he is a fantastic player. He is small but very quick, has great passing and is unselfish.
“You don’t get a chance like this every day and it has come our way by complete chance.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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