Considered one of the best players on the planet, Argentina international Lionel Messi, as part of an Adidas campaign, had to support 10 promising young people six years ago.
Moreover, few of his revelations at the time met the expectations of the Pulga.
Here is the list of 10 promising young players that the Argentine genius had selected in 2015.
- Maxwel Cornet, Arrived in Lyon in 2015, the Ivorian struggles to string together good performances with his club. Throughout his career, he has with his club the Lyonnais has never played more than 30 matches per season.
- Accursio Bentivegna, we hardly see it on radars anymore. Aged 18 at the time, he made his debut with Palermo. Today he is loaned to Imolese a team of the 3e Italian division.
- Kenedy, Announced at the time as a revelation at Chelsea, the winger struggles to win in the blues. It is loaned today in Spain, in Granada.
- Jeremie God, Now 24 years old, Boga couldn’t do it at Chelsea. Current player of Sassuolo, the Ivorian has found a little with the Italian club by scoring 17 goals in two seasons.
- Rony Lopez, the player passed by Manchester city has never played a Premier League match. So he continues to impress on the side of Nice. Now 25 years old, he has scored only 4 goals since the start of the season.
- Alexey Miranchuk, after joining Lokomotiv Moscow, the attacking midfielder made his international debut with Russia. Recently signed at Atalanta, the Russian managed to score 4 goals with the status of substitute.
- Khiry Shelton, in 2015, he was one of the most promising players in the United States. After his stint in Germany, Paderborn, Shelton returned home by signing with sporting Kansas City. With a very weak record (7 goals in 47 games.
- Timo Werner, A young player who passed through Stuttgart being the club’s youngest scorer. He joined RB Leipzig in 2016. Currently playing Chelsea under the orders of his German compatriot, Thomas Tuchel, Werner scored 10 goals in all competitions with Chelsea, but the blues still place their hopes in him.
- Gyasi Zardes, 23 years old at the time, he had fiat the heyday of Los Angeles Galaxy. Still in MLS, he plays today at Columbus Crew. He has scored 48 goals in 90 games since joining Columbus.
- James Wilson, A striker who had smacked a brace for his first appearance in the Premier League, when he played for Manchester United. Today he is on the side of the Championship in the club where the owners are legends of the club from Le Mans (Beckham, Giggs, Schools, Gary and Phil Neville.
All that can be said of his players is that many have passed away. Only Timo Werner could be called a star.
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We can deduce that Lionel Messi despite being the best player on the planet is not good at judging the potential of the players.
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