They said that he had a better left foot than Messi, he failed due to bad vices and is now looking for a job

Lionel Messi collects several arguments to be considered the best player in history and all young footballers dream of being similar to him on the pitch. Some stood out so much in their formative stages that they came to receive the nickname 'The new Messi', although in the end none of those who received this nickname ended up approaching the current captain of the Argentine team.

One of the most remembered cases within FC Barcelona was that of Bojan Krkic, a great La Masía project that even had a certain physical resemblance to the 'Flea' in its beginnings, although the Catalan's gait faded until his retirement at Vissel Kobe from Japan. However, there was another who came to excite all of Mexico due to his beginnings with the Blaugrana jersey.

This is Giovani Dos Santos. This striker joined the Barça subsidiaries at the age of 12 and in 2006 made his debut as a culé. The particularity? He also scored his first goal that same day. It was against Aarhus from Denmark. Since then he started playing more and more, to the point that in 2008 he seemed to confirm his star status after scoring a hat trick against Real Murcia in La Liga.

The Gio Dos Santos debacle:

The Mexican attacker was a victim of impatience and left Barcelona looking to gain immediate prominence, but that did not happen. He went through Tottenham, Ipswich Town, Galatasaray, Racing de Santander, Mallorca, Villarreal, LA Galaxy and finally Club América, where he suffered a serious knee injury that would end up taking him off the pitch. His recovery was longer than expected, he began to have problems with excesses and since 2021 he has not had a club.