PATRICK KLUIVERT’S son has followed in his father’s footsteps by signing for Barcelona.
Shane, 16, penned his first professional contract today and will join the club’s Under-18 side.
Instagram @shanekluivertShane Kluivert has signed for Barcelona[/caption]
Instagram @shanekluivertThe wonderkid is aged 16[/caption]
Instagram @shanekluivertPatrick Kluivert joined his youngest son as he penned the deal[/caption]
AP:Associated PressPatrick Kluivert spent six years with the Catalan giants[/caption]
The teenager is an attacker and was on the books of PSG while his dad worked as their technical director six years ago.
Shane first joined Barca in 2017 and he has been tipped to be a future star.
The wonderkid has been capped by the Netherlands Under-16 team.
And he already has a deal with Nike with the sportswear brand snapping him up when he was aged just nine.
Kluivert’s other children are also footballers, most notably Justin, 24, who has been capped twice by the national side and is currently playing for Bournemouth.
His other sons Quincy, 26, played for Ajax as a youngster but is now a DJ and Ruben, 22, plays for Dordecht in the Dutch second division.
Kluivert was widely regarded as one of the world’s best strikers in the late 1990s to early 2000s.
He won the Champions League with Ajax in 1995, fired Holland to fourth at the World Cup in 1998 and helped Barcelona lift the LaLiga title a year later.
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The 47-year-old also spent one season in the Premier League with Newcastle during the 2004/05 campaign, scoring 13 goals in all competitions.
Kluivert is now manager of Turkish side Adana Demirspor, who sit ninth in the Super Lig.
News Group Newspapers LtdKluivert also had a spell at Newcastle[/caption]