Claudio Nancufil (8) - 'Messi of the snows'

Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid are interested in signing Claudio Nancufil,an 8-year-old Argentine dubbed the 'Messi of the snows'

Claudio Nancufil plays for the Martin Guemes club in the southern Andes ski resort of Bariloche.

Lionel Messi left Argentina at the age of 13 after Barcelona promised to pay for his treatment for a growth hormone deficiency. Nancufil suffers from a similar condition.

"Claudio Nancufil  is physically small and had the same growth problems detected in Messi when he was little, and he's getting hormone treatment," said Martin Guemes president Marcelo Ernalz.