Following the trails of a father: Samuel Inkoom son's vision on the ball could lift him above his dad's height

Published on: 12 April 2014
Following the trails of a father: Samuel Inkoom son's vision on the ball could lift him above his dad's height
Messi-like Inkoom Jnr trains with a Brazil designed balls at home

By Akyereko Frimpong Manson

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Samuel Inkoom Jnr.'s artistry and vision on the ball provides an eye-catching delight and sets him straight up for battle for a place among the pantheon of greats.

At an unbelievable age of 3, the kid's ball controlling abilities and flair in display of skills comparable to Barcelona's Lionel Messi - whose shirt he proudly wears on his morning artistic rehearsal, are enough evidence of his natural talent.

Samuel Inkoom Jnr testing his power with a thunderous blasting of the ball
Samuel Inkoom Jnr testing his power with a thunderous blasting of the ball

Perhaps too young to enroll in any of Europe's elite academies and unfavoured by the professionals schedules of his, the little man turns his mother into a trainer every morning at home.

Real machismo at morning training
Real machismo at morning training

His father's feat has been excelling at FC Basel where he played in the lucrative Uefa Champions League and looking set to appear in a second World Cup finals with Ghana but the youngster could go far and surpass his father's feat with the right nurturing of his evident talent.

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