Promising footballer signs club contract - aged 1

A one-year-old Dutch boy has been signed by a professional football team.

A one-year-old Dutch boy has been signed by a professional football team.

Baerke van der Meij was offered a "symbolic" 10-year contract with Venlose Voetbal Vereniging (VVV) after his father posted a video of him kicking balls into his toy box.

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