Cesc Fàbregas had a secret about the quietest boy in the locker room. 😶 That boy was Lionel Messi.
In an interview, Messi himself revealed what his former teammate told him years later: when little Leo arrived at La Masía, he changed in complete silence and the other Barcelona boys came to think he was mute. “Cesc told me that when I was little I got dressed in silence and they thought I was mute”, he confessed with a laugh. He didn’t ask questions, didn’t say hello, didn’t make a sound. He just put on the uniform and went out to play. 🤫
Messi himself admits that changed over time: today he describes himself as “more open, not so shy in the locker room”. But the anecdote says a lot about how the best player in the world found his place in the world not with words, but with the ball. 🐐