[Albion] Facundo Buonanotte **On Loan To Leicester 10/08/24**

[Flounce]

Facundo Buonanotte interview: I am not the ‘Midlands Messi’ but will give everything for Leicester

Signed on loan from Brighton, the 19-year-old is Leicester’s top performer and one of the Premier League’s most exciting young talents

www.telegraph.co.uk

Midlands Messi

I was saying he had a touch of Messi about him last season, so clearly I am not alone

 

[AmexRuislip]

I was saying he had a touch of Messi about him last season, so clearly I am not alone

So let's hope we don't do a Gyökeres on him!

 

[Flounce]

So let's hope we don't do a Gyökeres on him!

Quite, although I was not that impressed with what I saw of him here

Possibly following his manager to United in January apparently

 

[Stato]

I'm sorry to say that his spell of good form is now over. I stuck him in my fantasy league team last week.

 

[pigmanovich]

 

[Triggaaar]

I'm glad they like him

 

[Hometownglory]

I doubt they could afford him and I bet he's very much in our plans for next season. Sorry Leicester.

 

[Zeberdi]

I was saying he had a touch of Messi about him last season, so clearly I am not alone

No you are not alone. Tevez, his manager at Rosario made the initial comparison to Messi in 2021 and his being compared to Messi was widely discussed on this thread in 2022 - I made a few comparisons too tbh several seasons ago on this thread. There are aspects to his game that are similar but that’s where the comparison should end IMO. Facu is his own man and will develop his own unique signature style.

However, every time a young attacking MF/no10 player shines above the crowded field of new talent, he gets compared to Messi. Fati was supposed to be the new Messi at Barca.

Eden Hazard and Mbappe were both repeatedly compared to Messi too.
Atone Bonmati who has just won the Ballon d’Or 2024 has also been hailed as a new Messi.

I don’t think it’s very helpful for a young player to carry that reputation on his or her shoulders… most young players that grew up idolising Messi would anyway probably regard it disrespectful to whom many regard as the GOAT.

It can set impossibly high targets and diminishes a player’s own individual and unique style and talent.

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