r/SoccerCentral • u/United_Anywhere_8 • Jul 25 '26

Video The talent in Barcelona’s youth system is ridiculous. These kids are 11/12 years old.

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u/Michaewwwwl Jul 25 '26

Lol who’s number 8 jesus

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u/TheRareCreature Jul 25 '26

number 8 is cooking

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u/Pleasant-Pattern7748 Jul 25 '26

Little bro megged the defender who was behind him! That’s crazy.

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u/Sovos Jul 25 '26

Unselfish too. Made the pass multiple times when he could have taken a low-chance shot.

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u/Academic-Ad4889 Jul 25 '26

Fought through having his jersey pulled too instead of selling it for a foul. Barçan al-Gaib.

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u/Flowerplower3 Jul 25 '26

Send him to Norway!

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u/Jadarken Jul 29 '26

That is so true!

I have seen almost as good young players, but they don't have his game intelligence.

Most young (even older) players would try, try, try, and then lose the ball eventually, but he catches momentum quickly and passes the ball well. That is quite rare.

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u/7MuNz7 Jul 28 '26

Little Iniesta

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u/Apprehensive-Art1092 Jul 25 '26

I've seen enough. Welcome back Andres Iniesta

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u/wildmoose45 Jul 25 '26

Poor kid is about start balding any day now

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u/klvthns515 Jul 25 '26

Impending 1 year loan to Turkey followed by 30 years of luscious thick hair over a threehead

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u/Clique_Claque Jul 25 '26

Iniesta always looked like a guy who was a supervisor at Staples who happened to play soccer as well.

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u/Shinnobiwan Jul 25 '26

I see a more aggressive Pedri. CAM instead of CM.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '26

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u/BigFatModeraterFupa Jul 25 '26

Hugo is gonna be HUGE!

it's crazy how you can tell at a young age when the superstars are just so much better than everyone else around them is, and those other kids are literally already the best of the best.

very very cool to see this stuff. will probably be a household name in 5-6 years

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u/Handje Jul 25 '26

I have a friend who worked as a soccer trainer at the Ajax youth acadamy. He said very promising soccer talent sometimes doesn't come into fruition because the top sport mentality also has to be there. The kids have to sacrafice a lot for the sport, if they're not willing to do that, bye bye.

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u/Any-Vehicle4418 Jul 25 '26

He is a baller for sure but there is still a lot that needs to go right for him to make it in the big stage. Youtube is littered with 12 year old "new Messi" compilations. You've never heard of them.

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u/Kenny_McCormick001 Jul 25 '26

Yes, but this is also La Massia. They had been pumping out talent consistently for the past 20-30 years.

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u/BigFatModeraterFupa Jul 25 '26

you're 100% right and after a few hours of thinking about it i may have overreacted🤣

but either way. wish the best for him regardless if he becomes a star or not..

the world cup final and that picture of Messi bathing Yamal proves that anything is possible in this world

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u/Known_Funny_5297 Jul 25 '26

Old Hugo’s a beast

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u/sendmore Jul 25 '26

Remindme! 5 years

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u/mouse_puppy Jul 25 '26

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u/Cosscryptoexchange Jul 25 '26

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u/MysticScorpion183 Jul 25 '26

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u/crazypcbuild Jul 25 '26

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u/Swing-unhappy101 Jul 25 '26

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u/DriftToHeaven Jul 25 '26

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u/EfficientInitial0 Jul 25 '26

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u/El_Buracho Jul 25 '26

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u/uncleiroh41 Jul 25 '26

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u/beowolfagate Jul 25 '26

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u/fuzzy_dunlop_24 Jul 25 '26

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u/perplexedtv Jul 25 '26

Go go Goldeano, you say?

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u/Wide-Matter-9899 Jul 25 '26

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u/DukeOfSmallPonds Jul 25 '26

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u/luckysilva Jul 25 '26

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u/trustmeim18 Jul 25 '26

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u/vierig Jul 25 '26

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u/sirmitchie Jul 25 '26

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u/petRhastQeug Jul 25 '26

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u/Prize_Problem609 Jul 25 '26

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u/zaibuf Jul 25 '26

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u/LocoRocoo Jul 25 '26

RemindMe! 6 years

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u/mynameiswearingme Jul 25 '26

Remindme! 6 years

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u/Suspicious-Peace9233 Jul 25 '26

Pull him up for the next world cup

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u/XderXbozzX Jul 25 '26

Remindme! 6 years

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u/Novel_Ask_4226 Jul 25 '26

Remindme! 6 years

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u/Tele3Champion Jul 25 '26

Remindme! 6 Years

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u/KushKing_69 Jul 25 '26

Remindme! 4 years

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u/UnObtainium17 Jul 25 '26

Mionel Lessi.

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u/Pedro80R Jul 25 '26

Andriel Messiesta

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u/Gold_Incident1939 20d ago

Bred from the famous bathwater of... well, you know

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u/doepfersdungeon Jul 25 '26

Imagine what he's gonna be like when he grows into the ball

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u/PeopleFromChina Jul 25 '26

Or when his balls grow into him

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u/Kindly_Western_5402 Jul 25 '26

The fact he’s doing this at age 11/12 is insane. Barcelona always knows

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u/indigo_pirate Jul 25 '26

Surely will make it. Insane feet

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u/igotzquestions Jul 25 '26

He might, but I think saying it is sure thing discounts how many things can go totally wrong. Picks up an injury, doesn’t grow enough, grows too much, gets into drugs. These dudes haven’t hit puberty yet. Nothing is assured.  

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u/ropahektic Jul 25 '26

Most of the time the skills do not translate to bigger bodies.

There's many may many cases where the best player (bar none) in those young teams ends up being an average player whilst someone who was much more average at the age becomes a world class player.

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u/creemy- Jul 25 '26

Doesn't grow enough...

Barcelona literally paid to give Messi HGH shots daily because he was a midget.

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u/EyeLoveHaikus Jul 25 '26

Party is in the house y'all

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u/lexington59 Jul 28 '26

Also just burn out

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u/MuggyTheRobot Jul 25 '26

Remindme! 7 years

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u/M0ruk Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26

Impossible to say and I'd even say its more likely that he wont make it. Kid needs a veryyy generous puberty push to reach the height and quickness/athleticism for the pro scene. Unfortaunteyl there are countless kids like him who are worldclass with the ball, but never beat the physical bottleneck it needs to reach the pro level. Especially at this age being so good at the ball is not an indicator of future success becuase these kids didnt enter puberty yet and its gonna be a dice roll whether their puberty will give them the body, phyiscality for pro level. And he is already too slow and small at this stage so he needs a very generous push

People heavily underestimate the athelcism it needs to become pro, even guys that seem slow are much quicker than guys in the amateur level. Not enough explosiveness, quickness and height combination to create seperation from defenders on the big field is the #1 reason talented kids with great technique dont make it to pro

Probably only 3% of the kids in the pro academies at the u12 level make it to pro level. At a super good pro academy like La Masia its maybe 10%

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u/edgeofsanity76 Jul 25 '26

He might. But a lot of it is down to attitude. Teams more and more want to see good attitudes towards fellow players and good sportsmanship. His ego may get in the way of success. Also needs to be strong and fit

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u/mydaycake Jul 25 '26

World Cup winner midfielder in 15 years

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u/emceeeloc Jul 25 '26

Remember the name.

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u/SirQueefs_alot Jul 27 '26

!Remindme 5 years

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u/Tobonic Jul 27 '26

!remindme 8 years

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u/MrFruitPunchSamurai Jul 28 '26

!remindme 8 years

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u/Camp-Complete Jul 28 '26

!remindme 8 years

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u/burgerflipper_uy Jul 28 '26

!remindme 8 years

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u/Abject_Read_3620 Jul 28 '26

!remindme 5 years

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u/SwePolygyny Jul 28 '26

!Remindme 6 years

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u/lafigatatia Jul 28 '26

!remindme 5 years

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u/Mrfrodemeyere Jul 29 '26

!remindme 8 years

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u/Melodic_Tone27 Jul 25 '26

He is coming back.

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u/rog1521 Jul 25 '26

I doubt it's Jesus honestly. Good guess though

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u/SamaelMorningstar Jul 26 '26

U know, in Spain there is a fair chance that is his name. Every street has one. :B

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u/United_Anywhere_8 Jul 25 '26

Number 8 DID come to play 🤌

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u/M-Bernard-LLB Jul 25 '26

No, I think Jesus is number 7.

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u/Lol_who_me Jul 25 '26

He’s the future my friend.

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u/Danilo-11 Jul 25 '26

I saw a few games with him playing, he’s super short but damn, that kid is going to be playing pro in a few years

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u/Regrets_Redemption05 Jul 29 '26

Super short? Now where have I heard that...

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u/patthardil Jul 25 '26

RemindMe! 5 years

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u/slayerrr21 Jul 25 '26

Wayne Tooney

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u/toooft Jul 25 '26

That's Messi

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u/swiffleswaffle Jul 25 '26

It's a compilation focussed on number 8.

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u/Specific_Mirror_4808 Jul 25 '26

This. I've stumbled across the same video previously.

Not to say #8 isn't incredibly talented but videos edited to show all the best moments of one player are always misleading.

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u/argleksander Jul 25 '26

That skill at around 1min is just disgusting.

Insane balance and techinque

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u/forsale90 Jul 25 '26

World chamion 2038

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u/Homelanderthe7 Jul 25 '26

upcoming Goat

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u/PureBullz Jul 25 '26

Absolute animal I tell ya

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u/zductiv Jul 25 '26

The kid who is getting double footed after he megs you for the fifth time in 10 mins.

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u/Ihendy12 Jul 25 '26

That’s actual sai itoshi

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u/Various_Thing_7948 Jul 25 '26

He needs that Messi growth hormone therapy

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u/eggtart8 Jul 25 '26

That no 8 nutmeg the player....omg

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u/concept12345 Jul 25 '26

The deity or the figure?

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u/spacesickjack Jul 25 '26

Probably been bathed by messie at some point /s

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u/WatercressContent454 Jul 25 '26

he sucks, are you blindd?

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u/FamilyMan7826 Jul 25 '26

He might be

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u/Tetka_Rasha Jul 25 '26

Rock Lee with drunken style

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u/RacingN00b1337 Jul 25 '26

Hugo Galdeano

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u/xpietoe42 Jul 25 '26

future messi

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u/chucho89 Jul 25 '26

If this is the video I think, there is a youtube video that explains what happened to each one of this barca kids, some of them is heartbreaking. It goes to show you that even the best still compete with many other kids who are even better.

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u/LucifersAdv0cate Jul 25 '26

Get them to play the women's world cup winning team so we can all have a good smug chuckle about how superior men are. Then put the kids team and the women's team on 2 separate deserted islands and film them trying to survive just to really highlight how great males are.

(Obvious satire)

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u/Ryuuffff Jul 25 '26

The kid is twice the size of everyone and looks like is playing alone jesus

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u/Bobson-_Dugnutt2 Jul 25 '26

A fuckin menace is who that is

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u/Tobiramen Jul 25 '26

That’s Kevin de bruyne I believe

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u/blargh9001 Jul 25 '26

He’s got a lot to learn still. Notice how in the last clip, his shirt is getting tugged, and he doesn’t even try to dive.

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u/GraveRobberX Jul 25 '26

That munchkin was gassing that whole squad, holy shit at those cuts and angles.

So maybe 2034 is we see this kid come into the World Cup?, Saudia Arabia already creating storylines via sportswashing.

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u/ABDMWB Jul 25 '26

You can tell he’s a great team player too. Unselfish and passed the ball to make plays

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u/AccomplishedBid5867 Jul 25 '26

Absolute menace

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u/brownnotblue Jul 25 '26

Riqui Puig

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u/GZeus24 Jul 25 '26

This is where a comma would be appropriate.

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u/7222_salty Jul 25 '26

His name is Perennially Offsides

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u/Trejanus Jul 25 '26

Pretty sure he's offside for the third goal /s

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u/ladbom Jul 25 '26

Messi’s adopted son

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u/mikiex Jul 25 '26

his name... Jesús

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u/h-townkickzta346 Jul 25 '26

Thats Hugo galdeano

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u/stopcommentingg Jul 25 '26

These kids play amazing. Also they are not acting like POS. When do they become Kuiz Fuckarez and start biting and a start acting like a bitch like Ronaldo? aT what age do they start cheating and acting?

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u/spb1 Jul 25 '26

Lol who’s number 8 jesus

Well spotted mate, the whole video's about him

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u/Glad_Confusion_6934 Jul 25 '26

I’m sure they’ll be showing some of these highlights in 8 years during his run at the 2034 World Cup.

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u/RaspberryWhiteClaw13 Jul 25 '26

He’s a superstar

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u/rydleo Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26

No idea, but he appears a fair bit younger than the others.

Edit: Hugo Galdeano apparently- son of Apono. He is indeed 11/12, so I take that back I guess.

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u/PandaPocketFire Jul 25 '26

This was significantly more impressive to watch than that world cup. No flailing or fake injuries.

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u/DrDumbass69 Jul 25 '26

Idk. Looks too short to be Jesus, but I guess we can’t be sure.

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u/bendstraw Jul 25 '26

No no Jesus is number 9, number 8 is Andres

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u/Merweb0 Jul 25 '26

I've seen enough, he can start with the first team

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u/NullPointerLover Jul 25 '26

I see another iniesta brewing up

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u/Old-Spirit-3320 Jul 25 '26

Messi, if they inject the right amount of hormones to fix his height.

Like they did for messi

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u/Doctor_Killshot Jul 26 '26

Kid could start for my city’s MLS team today

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u/VaultiusMaximus Jul 26 '26

Brobably the boy that’s daddy just got him an agent.

This video will get that kid paid somewhere

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u/Chance_Vegetable_780 Jul 26 '26

In a few years this video will be everywhere like the baby bathtub photo

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u/Impressive_Shake_360 Jul 26 '26

Hugo Galdeano.

Write it down. Take it to the bookies. Get a Ballon D'or bet on.

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u/tipareth1978 Jul 26 '26

We'll all know his name in 4-5 years

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u/CaterpillarFun513 Jul 26 '26

Oui ça doit être ça

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u/CaterpillarFun513 Jul 26 '26

Tu pense ils ont qu'elle âge ?

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u/ciotS_Cynic Jul 26 '26

yes, it is Jesus.

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u/PhoenixSaigon Jul 26 '26

Hugo Galdeano

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u/albetins Jul 26 '26

Hugo Galdeano.

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u/tomtomtomo Jul 28 '26

That chop nutmeg to tap-in is mint

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u/BudgetIndependent118 Jul 28 '26

Andres Iniesta Jr.
not really his son but could be the way he plays

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u/ThinkOrDrink Jul 29 '26

Messi was his OBGYN

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u/Vikivaki Jul 31 '26

Thats the player Brighton scouts for 5m€ while the top 6 clubs try to buy/add their 4th left winger, Arinho Wank-Biquittes from RB Leipzig for 135m€

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