Defying all odds, an 11-year-old football prodigy from an impoverished area of Bhubaneswar has been selected to train at Germany’s most iconic club Bayern Munich, as an academy player for two months. Now, he has become one of the few who were selected for an all-expenses-paid junior football camp to Munich. His father had deserted him at a very young age. Explaining the young football genius’ journey so far, the coach continued: “The boy is a talented played and we spotted him when he was very young. Initially there were a lot of troubles but we got a lot of help from state and central govt.

Source: Hindustan Times August 22, 2016 16:52 UTC