Real Madrid's Brazilian midfielder Casemiro has always been the smartest kid on the block, even as an 11-year-old waiting for his trial at Sao Paulo FC to begin.
He had turned up as a striker but when he saw how many hands were raised when the coach asked, 'Who here is a centre forward?' he kept his down by his side.
He knew only 50 kids were going to be selected from the 300 hopefuls. He did the same when the coach asked, 'Who here is a No 10?' Another 50 hands shot up.
Only when it was time for the holding midfielders to raise their hand did he put his in the air.