Lionel Messi: A hater wished him death and ended up playing with him at FC Barcelona

Social media is a place where people put their thoughts. And sometimes, they have not so nice feelings. This is the case of the soccer player who literally expressed that he wanted Lionel Messi to die. The fate made him not only become a professional, but also play alongside the GOAT.

At that time, in 2012, he was 15 years old and was in the Real Betis youth team. He tweeted 'I would have broken his legs of a tackle', 'Messi son of a ...' and 'I do not care that the sh*t rat Messi is injured, I hope he dies and does not score more goals hahaha'. Seven years later, FC Barcelona bought him and made him a five year contract.

He is Junior Firpo, who is currently the back up for Jordi Alba as a left back. The defender apologized and excused himself saying that he was just bantering with a friend who is a fan of the Cules. Probably, Messi should have felt weirded out when he found out about those tweets of his colleague.

Firpo stated that Messi is unarguably the best and what happened before was just a little boy playing. He never imagined he was on his way to becoming a pro and was going to play with him, and neither thought that those messages, that he had forgotten, were having such a repercussion.