I ran out of superlatives to describe the brilliance of Lionel Messi a very long time ago, but I've managed to scrape together a few words to give you a brief, but wonderful piece of footage from Argentina's latest training session.
Argentina are currently training at Manchester City's training ground ahead of their friendly against Italy on Friday, and Messi has shown what he's all about with an incredible individual run.
He makes it look way too easy.
Messi will actually train behind enemy lines ahead of another Argentina friendly against Spain next Tuesday.
An international match between the two is set to be held at Atletico Madrid's stadium, but now the Argentine FA has decided to move preparations for the match to Real Madrid's training base, which is nearby.
Before Argentina head to Spain for that match Messi and his cohorts are training at a future rivals training ground. Argentina take on Italy in Manchester on Friday and the national side are currently training at Manchester City's ground.
The pair could face each other in the Champions League this season if Barca make it past Roma and City make it past Liverpool in the quarter finals.
Messi is a graduate of Barcelona's renowned youth academy La Masia and has been in the side since the age of 13. This means he has considered Los Blancos a serious foe for the past 17 year - and it's no surprise, given Messi's astounding 25 goals in 37 El Clasico games, that Real also consider the 30-year-old no great friend
While at his rival's training base, Messi may even bump into Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane, who reportedly will be training the few players that remain in the Real Madrid squad, with the rest of the team on international duty.
We don't think he'll enjoy his time in Madrid, to be honest. But perhaps his trip to Manchester has made a positive impression on a potential move to the Premier League?
City fans will hope that's true, I'm sure.
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