Adam Bhana, whose dad Mohammed works in Bradford, was at the John Smith’s Stadium to see Huddersfield Town’s 2-1 victory over Manchester United in October 2017.
The youngster found a £5 note at the football ground, and having been taught ‘we cannot keep what is not ours,’ he thought of the perfect recipient.
In a heart-warming letter written in pencil to former club director Sean Jarvis, Adam suggested the former manager David Wagner give the cash to Australian international, Aaron Mooy.
Mooy had scored the winning goal for Town.
It was the first time Huddersfield Town had beaten Manchester United in 65 years.
Adam enclosed the £5 note along with his letter.
Footballer Aaron Mooy pictured with Adam Bhana (Image: UGC)
Mr Jarvis tweeted a picture of the letter with the caption “Pure class from Young Adam’ thus ensuring international headlines.
Midfielder Mooy himself would also later reply to the tweet, saying: “I would love to meet you, Adam.”
Adam got to meet his hero and was given a signed football along with a signed pair of football boots.
New book Five, which was written by Mohammed Bhana (Image: UGC)
Inspired by his son’s actions, Mohammed, known as Mo, has turned the story into a new book, which sees Adam turn into a superhero.
In the story, the £5 note is returned to the youngster, and from within it, unbeknownst to Adam, former Prime Minister Winston Churchill – whose face is on the £5 note – appears.
He informs Adam that he is one of the very few people who believes in the power of gratitude and is the hero that the world needs.
As a distinct light appears from within the note, Churchill places it in Adam’s chest, thus ensuring Adam is transformed into a superhero, bestowed with the powers to make the world a better place.
Mo said he always wanted to write a second book, after his first book, The Asian Liverbird, commissioned by Liverpool FC, hit the shelves in 2008.
Mo, who is from Batley, dedicated his previous book to Adam, as his youngest son Ismaeel had not been born.
Ismaeel, 11, gave his dad a brief to include him as a character in a book as a superhero.
After some deliberation, Mo set out to write a book around the £5 note story and include both boys in the book as superheroes.
He said: “I promised Ismaeel I would write the book.
“The entire process, the character and story development, took me over a year to complete.”
‘Five’ by Mo Bhana can be purchased on Amazon.
