Real Madrid has reportedly taken a nine-year-old Japanese child prodigy from their arch-rivals Barcelona.
According to Sport24, Takuhiro Nakai was playing in Japan for a football school organized by Barcelona, but he has now switched his allegiance to Real.
The report mentioned that Nakai's talents, which have gone viral in the Internet, have led him to be hailed by many as the 'Cristiano Ronaldo of the future', in reference to Real's current reigning star.
However, Barcelona has managed to hold on to their other Japanese 'wonderkid', ten-year-old Takefusa Kubo, the report added.