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Liverpool Echo
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Connor Dunn

Liverpool's 'little Lionel Messi' stuns fans again with outrageous skill

Arat Hosseini has left fans in disbelief once again after sharing another video on social media highlighting his skills with a football.

The six-year-old, who is known as the 'little Lionel Messi' thanks to his incredible footwork and ability to breeze past players, is enrolled in Liverpool's Academy.

His Instagram page, run by his father, has already amassed 4.9million followers and has gained attention from the likes of Hollywood actor Will Smith, tennis superstar Novak Djokovic and even Messi himself.

In the latest video shared to the page, the youngster can be seen keeping the ball up before jumping in the air and moving his right foot behind him to flick the ball up.

He then performs another series of keep-ups before moving into the centre of his room and overhead scissor kicking the ball into a basketball hoop.

Before the first UK lockdown last year, Arat was training twice a week at the academy, playing one match a week, and having one-to-one training a further two days with Liverpool-based Kickerz Coaching.

Since restrictions came in, he trains at home three to four hours every day in their lounge but that clearly hasn't slowed down his online presence.

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