Lionel Messi's Bizarre List Of Promising Wonderkids

He's one of the greatest to ever play the game but many have struggled to understand Lionel Messi's choices when it comes to some of football's finest youngsters.

Messi revealed his choices to Spanish publication Marca as one of the greatest gives his opinion on the future of football, with the likes of Patrick Roberts of Celtic and Nathan Allan of Vitesse feature.

Chanathip Songkrasin, who plays for Thai Premier League side Muangthong United, also features while New York Red Bulls midfielder Alex Muyl also makes an appearance in Messi's list.

Although Messi has been quoted in the past for saying that he barely watches football matches on television at home, it looks like he does tune into the SPL and the MLS.

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Here's Messi's list of the most promising youngsters in world football:

Chanathip Songkrasin (Muangthong United)
Kasper Dolberg (Ajax de Amsterdam)
Gabriel Boschilia (AS Monaco)
Nadya Karpova (Chertanovo)
Alex Muyl (New York Red Bulls)
Nathan Allan (Vitesse)
Davide Calabria (Milan)
Jean-Kevin Augustin (Paris St-Germain)
Patrick Roberts (Celtic)

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Jack Kenmare

Jack Kenmare is a writer at SPORTbible. He's interviewed some of the biggest names in sport, including Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Pele, Carles Puyol and Tim Henman. He dabbles in all things sport but football is his biggest passion. He was once hit in the head by a wayward strike from Nicky Butt and lived to tell the tale.

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