From the second he stepped onto a professional pitch, it’s been glaringly obvious that Lionel Messi is special. And not just special in the way that an elite player is, but special in that he’s a bona fide generational talent and likely the greatest to ever do it. And anyone who’s been paying attention since even his earliest days has known that Messi’s ascent would be the thing of legend.
Recently, a video has emerged from Messi’s days as a young academy lad in Argentina. And it’s amazing how even then, people had a feeling he was simply different.
