THERE IS A HUGE PICTURE OF LIONEL MESSI CLEANING SHOES , AT THE YOUTH ACCADEMY.

In the Manchester United youth academy , there is a huge framed picture of the famous Argentinean footballer Lionel Messi, sitting and cleaning his very own football boots. Please note that the picture on the wall is of Lionel Messi cleaning his very own shoes , in the year 2000, after a match with Croatia, and not as a youth academy footballer at the LA MASIA, THE CASTLE. This very clearly shows how well Lionel Messi has his feet well grounded, even all the fame ,wealth and over thirty major trophies have not affected the little magician. BUT WHY IS THAT POSTER THERE? the former Manchester United player under Sir Alex Ferguson and is very much disciplined and wants to explain to the youngsters that fame, glory wealth come at a huge price, and the boys must be humble like Lionel Messi. Now Nicky Butt is a graduate from the youth academy of Manchester United in the early 1990s, that time Nicky Butt, Gary Neville, Philip Neville and Paul Scholes would change three buses to reach their training ground, and would change the bus three times to reach home again. We can see the class and seriousness of those players. Todays youngsters want to come in their Mercedes cars or in a Rolls Royce, and wear costly watches a well. But you can see the class of todays England team and the 1998 English team. The 1998 team had strikers like Alan shearer, Teddy Sherringham, Les Ferdinand, today only Harry Kane is there.