Youth: Barcelona close in on Korean Messi?
According to Catalan sports paper ‘Sport‘ Barcelona has agreed to sign South Korean starlet Sheng Ho Park (13). The 13-year-old has been labelled as the ‘Korean Messi’ in his homeland.The player has caught the attention of Barcelona scouts in a tournament held last year. Sheng Ho has been training with Barcelona over the last few days at Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper.
The young Korean who is beleived to have caught the attention of Barcelona first team assistant Manager Tito Vilanova (Read more here), has already signed a sponsership contact with Nike.
According to the report Barcelona have beaten a number of clubs for his signature including Barca’s La Liga rivals Real Madrid. The striker has impressed in the training with Barcelona and some Barca managers have even said they havent seen anything like this in the past years.
According to the report, Barcelona have reached an agreement with the young striker and his family and he will move to Barcelona in the next summer.




























