The Argentinean skipper recently admitted that back when he joined Barcelona as a kid, his team-mates thought he was dumb.
Lionel Messi joined http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 when he was a little kid and since then he has been a part of the same club.
There were many teams which scouted the young talent in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Argentina-c2841, only Barcelona were the side who were able to pay the medical fee for his growth hormone problem and since then the Argentinean star has been a part of the Catalan club.
Lionel Messi was able to prove his worth to the club and the humble, pint-sized striker managed to win the Ballon d’Or thrice in a row.
After becoming a famous player for the Spanish giants, Lionel Messi recently revealed that when he joined Barcelona and was a part of La Masia, many of his team-mates thought he was dumb.
Many football fans talk about Lionel Messi’s humble character and quiet nature and Messi recently admitted how it was when he joined Barcelona when he was a kid.
Messi said that he didn’t speak much with his team-mates and they thought he was dumb. Cesc Fabregas was the player who told him as a kid that they all thought that he was dumb.
However, Messi also admitted that he has now changed not only as a player, but also as a person and that is the reason why he does not stay quiet while being in the locker room.
While speaking to the magazine, Kepes Sport, Messi said:
"Cesc Fabregas told me that when I was little, I dressed in silence and they thought I was dumb."
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296, despite being silent in the locker room, he is never silent on the pitch. The Argentinean skipper lets his footballing skills do the talking and this season he has definitely outdone almost all the strikers in the history of football.
The Argentinean skipper was able to score 73 goals in 60 appearances this season. Messi was able to score 50 goals in the Spanish La Liga, a record which no other player in the world has managed to achieve.
While speaking about his current behaviour in the locker room, Messi said:
"Now I am more open, and not so shy in the locker room as it was before in La Masia."
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