Milan promote 15-year-old to first team

 
AC Milan have promoted promising 15-year-old forward Hachim Mastour into their first-team squad.
The under-16s player -- born June 15, 1998 -- was introduced to the first-team squad on Tuesday, when he took part in his first full training session with the professionals.
If Mastour makes his
debut in Serie A in the Rossoneri's final game of the season against Sassuolo on Sunday, he would become the club's youngest ever player.
He would also become the fifth youngest player to appear in Italy's top flight, behind Amadeo Amadei, Gianni Rivera, Aristide Rossi and Campione, just one month short of his 16th birthday.
Born in Reggio Emilia to Moroccan parents, Mastour has been playing in the youngest of Milan's youth teams and he is set to skip Filippo Inzaghi's squad, for whom he has appeared just twice, after arriving at the club's Milanello training ground earlier this week with first-team coach Clarence Seedorf and general manager Adriano Galliani.
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After an introduction to the team in the dressing room, he showed some of the tricks which have already made him a major attraction on social media channels.
The 15-year-old already has over 36,000 followers on Twitter and almost 400,000 likes on Facebook, where he regularly posts videos of his tricks.
Nike have already tied the youngster down to a 10-year contract while he also has a sponsorship agreement with Red Bull.
He is now set to take his senior bow, potentially alongside Mario Balotelli, a month before his 16th birthday on June 15.