They said he was the new Messi, was coached by Guardiola and now he can't even find a team
In Barcelona academy they were excited with his appearance, however, he never managed to consolidate himself in Europe.
Since the emergence of Lionel Messi, there have been countless players who have been compared to the "Pulga" and have even said that they were superior to him. This is the case of the protagonist of this story, who was coached by Pep Guardiola. ‘Israeli Messi’, but was never able to establish himself in European soccer. Currently, he works in a clothing store while looking for a new team to continue his career.
This is Gai Assulin, who arrived at La Masia when he was just 12 years old. His talent quickly caught the eye and he became part of Pep Guardiola's blaugrana subsidiary, before the outstanding Spanish coach was promoted to the first team. Upon taking over as Barça's DT, Pep did not hesitate to promote the Israeli, who did not imagine that this big step was the beginning of the end of his career.
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Thiago Alcántara, currently playing for Liverpool, went so far as to say that Assul current Liverpool player Thiago Alcántara went so far as to say that Assulin was the "most talented player "most talented player I saw at La Masia. His ability allowed him to be compared to Lionel Messi, who, at the age of 35 years old, he is still among the elite and is the highest Ballon d'Or winner (7). Precisely, the fact that his talent was related to that of "La Pulga" became detrimental, as he explained to 'The Guardian'.
'Sometimes it's not a good thing to take it to heart, because the expectation is that you go on the pitch and do the same as Messi all the time. Whatever club I came to, I was compared to Messi, so they thought I was going to be Messi and score 50 goals a year, so the comparison at the time was not positive' the Israeli explained a couple of months ago.
What is the Israeli Messi currently doing?
After playing for FC Barcelona, Manchester City, Brighton & Hove Albion, Racing Santander, Hercules, Mallorca, Hapoel Tel Aviv (Israel), Sabadell, Kairat (Kazakhstan), Politehnica (Romania), in 2020 he arrived at AC Crema, in the Italian fourth division. In 2021 he was dismissed and currently lives near Manchester, where he works in a friend's clothing store.
