Gai Assulin
The Israeli, considered one of the jewels of the culé quarry, made his debut with Gaurdiola at Barcelona. A serious injury and the gradual loss of confidence made his future at Barça more and more complicated. He ended up leaving the club for Manchester City in a very notorious move for being a young footballer with a very high profile in Europe
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Diego Bonanotte
Argentine nationalized Chilean was one of the greatest promises of River Plate when it was directed by Diego Pablo Simeone. After suffering a traffic accident where three of his friends died, his career was cut short.
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Juan Iturbe
The Argentine newspaper ‘Olé’ called him the ‘mini Messi’ and ‘El Grafico’ as the ‘Messi Guaraní’. He stood out in the South American Sub 20 of 2012, after that he went to Europe.
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Luan Vieira
Nicknamed as ‘Luanel Messi’. The player born in Sao José do Rio Preto, a Brazilian municipality located in the northwest of the state of São Paulo, has developed his entire career in his country of origin. He is currently at Corinthians.
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Alen Halilovic
‘The Messi of the Balkans’ signed for Barcelona in 2014 when he was only 17 years old. Due to his beginnings at Dinamo Zagreb he was also compared to the local idol, Luka Modric.
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Seung Woo Lee
Considered a media star of the culé club and his country. Known as the ‘Korean Messi’. The South Korean footballer was trained at Barcelona and was always considered a player with a great future, at the height, they said, of Messi himself.
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Giovani Dos Santos
He was in the Barcelona affiliates from the age of 12. He has played for Tottenham Hotspur, Ipswich Town, Galatasaray, Racing de Santander, Mallorca, Villarreal, LA Galaxy and Club América.
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Martin Odegaard
Arsenal’s talented Norwegian player came to be compared to the Argentine star early in his career when he joined Castilla.
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Erik Lamella
Erik Manuel Lamela Cordero started in the youth teams of River Plate and had a frustrated transfer to FC Barcelona when he was only twelve years old. After leaving his country he signed for Roma for 17 million euros. After that he has gone through Tottenham and Sevilla.
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Luke Romero
Luka Romero Bezzana, better known as the ‘Mexican Messi’, is currently at Lazio after passing through Mallorca. At 15 years and 219 days he became the youngest debutant in league history.
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Marko Martin
The ‘German Messi’. At Werder Bremen he showed great signs of his talent and, for this reason, he was signed by Chelsea FC. He never got to explode as expected.
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Bojan Krkic
“They compared me to Messi and I couldn’t help it,” said the Spanish player in an interview with BBC Sport. “When I went to Rome and Milan I didn’t go as Bojan, but as a new star, a new Messi.”
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Diego Lainez
Ricardo La Volpe, a former soccer player and former Argentine coach, related the talent of the young Mexican with that of Lionel Messi.
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Takefusa Kubo
The ‘Japanese Messi’. At just 15 years old he was already compared to the Argentine star and was already a star in Japan. Real Madrid got ahead of numerous teams, such as Barcelona or PSG, to sign him.
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