BOTH RONALDINHO AND DECO DID PLAY FATHERLY FIGURES IN THE CAREER F LIONEL MESSI..

When Lionel Messi was sixteen years old raw footballer, he had graduated from the Barcelona youth academy called THE A MASIA,THE CASTLE, But at that same time Ronaldinho joined Barcelona from P.S.G. It was Ronaldinho and the their Brazilian born footballers Deo, who clearly saw that Lionel Messi as not a ordinary graduate of he La Masia, he was very, very special and had great talent. It was the other Barcelona legend Xavi Hernandez who clearly lifted the lid and told us that both Ronaldinho and Deco both spent great amount of time playing, guiding and advising little Messi on football. Ronaldinho was bold this to Fabio Capello that you are watching the future footballer of the world, mind you Lionel Messi s just seventeen years old then. Both Ronaldinho and Deco were like elder brothers looking after their younger brother. Lionel Messi was always a quite boy and hardly spoke to any one during his La Masia days. The senior Barcelona players like Xavi Hernandez, Carle's Puyol, Andres Iniesta would visit the young boys at La Masia, and give gifts and trinklets and spend time wit them as all ware very young and miles from home , and were homesick as well.