He was supposed to be better than Messi... What happened?

Many young players with potential get compared to Messi. Players like Mo Salah, Bojan, and Neymar have all been declared as the next Messi earlier on in their career. Few players actually manage to break Messi's record and the "Korean Messi" Lee Seung Woo 이승우 did just that. Barcelona's transfer ban derailed his career with this video studying the curious case of the "Korean Messi".
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[@crobisbobis]

1 Note about that, Messi was so good at the youth devision of Barca ,he was actually being bounced back and forth between all levels of La Massia because everyone wanted to use his abuility. Its possible if he ever played a full season at the youth division he would have set an impossible record.

[@phantasm8180]

bla bla bla

[@elian958]

@@phantasm8180 you bla bla bla this asian kid is not even close to the goat

[@rks5457]

Seems like he was an overly cocky kid but he got screwed at prob the most important developmental time in a huge chunk of his teen years as one matures beyond adolescence. It didnt help that he couldnt train with top academy and just sat in Korea with poorer training and competition and getting his head filled with how good he is.

[@matthewgroves6280]

What happened? You listeded to the media that is what happened

[@bayokoebi9351]

The pressure make him fissile out

[@gamingguy644]

No one can replace Messi

[@s8x.]

i was wondering what happened to him

[@2oukan]

son is the real korean messi

[@Jamaican_Foden]

Mitoma

[@2oukan]

@@Jamaican_Foden mitoma is japanese

[@Zoara0110]

Kang-in lee

[@Vloneburrito]

@@Jamaican_Fodenhe’s Japanese. And if anything son is better than him. Son is the best Asian player to ever grace the game

[@Vloneburrito]

@@Zoara0110son is still better and that guy isn’t even an attacker. He’s a midfielder

[@s8x.]

why didn’t anyone give him playing time😢

[@elian958]

not even close

[@alanwood4968]

You people are saying that.

[@rks5457]

A lot of people were saying that.

[@shuraamano]

Keep calling any good potential "next Messi" and we wont see any footballers like him.