Neymar Sends Young Girl Signed Football Boot After She Wrote Essay About Him

When a young girl from the Philippines wrote an essay about finding a pair of Neymar's boots, she had no idea the story would come true. 

Leanna, who is just 11, entered a literature competition in Barcelona, where she is studying, and when she heard the chosen subject was "a dream," there was only one thing she was going to write about: her hero, Neymar. 

Here is what she wrote, per the Foundation FC Barcelona website:  

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Once I had a dream where I was in my home country, the Philippines. I was in my town, a smaller place than Barcelona and I was walking to the local football pitch. I went straight into the dressing room where I supposed that my team-mates would be waiting. But all I found was a shoe box. I was surprised and decided to open it, and I was even more surprised when I saw that they were Neymar’s boots. I put them on and went out onto the field to play. When I got there, Neymar was waiting for me to play some football. We played until night-time, when Neymar said he had to go and that it had all been a dream. When I woke up, I could still feel the studs of the boots and my legs ached from so much running.

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Her essay ended up winning in her category and caused such a reaction that people started working hard to make the dream come true.

Word of the story got through to Neymar, and he "didn’t think twice, and decided to give Leanna one of his signed boots."

Not surprisingly, Leanna was delighted, saying: "Thank you, Neymar, for giving me this gift. I want to take them to the Philippines this summer, to my family’s home."

It was a simple gesture from Neymar, but one this young girl will never forget. 

[Foundation FC Barcelona]