Where are they now? A ‘new Lionel Messi’ for every year since 2006 – PF
There will never be another Lionel Messi. Never. But that doesn’t stop skilful dribblers, particularly short, left-footed ones, being dubbed ‘the next Lionel Messi’.
When Messi made his Barcelona debut in 2004, he was quickly hailed as the ‘new Maradona’, a label previously given to players like Ariel Ortega, Pablo Aimar and Javier Saviola.
Only a few seasons later, the benchmark was changed: a new generation of skilful young attackers would be dubbed not the ‘new Maradona’ but the ‘new Messi’, a tag that has proven bloody hard to live up to…
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