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At 3.58pm on February 13 in 2014, a 13-year-old boy announced himself to the world.Â
He had just created his own Twitter account and he needed to say something, anything, to shout into the void.
âMatch dayy against Arsenal!â he posted.
Match dayy against Arsenal!
At 8.40pm he was back. âWe drew against Arsenal 2-2!â he posted. âMan banged free kick.â
Was anyone listening to the kid who had just started playing for Watford Under-15s? Not really, it seems. The only replies to those tweets came years later, by which time he was a superstar at Borussia Dortmund, being bombarded daily by Manchester United fans urging him to move to Old Trafford.