Still, it could prove to be harsh for Junior given he hasn’t had much occasions to hit the ground running at Barcelona.Champions League and Europa League will continue without VAR‘Cristiano will never be like Messi, Micheal Jordan, or Federer’Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. "Further to that, it seems as though Firpo has transitioned from hoping that Messi stops scoring to heralding him as the best player in world football.

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That is it, just some childish things.“These are things from when you are 15 years old, when nobody knows you and when you cannot think that they will have repercussions years later.

Aside from his influence on the game, he has been at the highest level for fifteen years.

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Only Lionel Messi, Marc-Andre Ter Stegen, Clement Lenglet and Frenkie De Jong - as well as youngsters Riqui Puig and Ansu Fati - are seen as untouchable. Firpo explained: "I always say the same thing when people talk about the Ballon d'Or: they had to give it to Messi off the bat and then make another award for the rest of the mortals and see who deserves it the most. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. All Rights Reserved.Barcelona: Who should the Catalan giants sell, loan or keep?Barcelona players have been ranked from worst to best in 2019/20 seasonMarca's worst signing XI features Antoine Griezmann & Joao Felix - but not Eden HazardRanking Barcelona's squad from 'GOAT' to 'should never play again' after missing out on La LigaBarcelona's Lionel Messi produced a stunning run to set up 699th career goal Mainly a left-back, he can also play as a winger or a central defender Club career Betis. He accepted it was way childish back then describing it as ‘kids stuff’ and only did it to get back at his friend who was a Barca fan. I hope he dies and stops scoring goals hahaha.”Certainly some extreme comments and while the 22-year-old has since deleted them, he should probably be thankful that Messi has never owned a Twitter account.Seeking to be forgiven for the whole situation, Firpo explained to MD: “I would say ugly things about Messi on Twitter to tease him. “I haven’t seen a player like him and I think it will take a long time […]

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Junior Firpo to wear number 24 New Barça signing is the 11th player to wear a number that's been owned by the likes of Iniesta and Puyol in the past First Team However, as things stand the Italian club don’t seem interested in this offer. Junior Firpo, que está a punto de ser anunciado oficialmente como nuevo fichaje del Barcelona, tiene un pasado controvertido en las redes sociales como Messi como principal protagonista. After impressing last season for both Real Betis and Spain U21, the 22-year-old was snapped up by the Blaugrana and for a seemingly paltry fee of £27 million given the current market.While the youngster will face plenty of competition with Jordi Alba this season, it looks as though Barcelona have made an incredibly shrewd signing for the future.However, there is something rather awkward about Firpo's decision to come to Camp Nou and it revolves around none other than the club's star player Lionel Messi.You'd imagine that almost every footballer in the world dreams of playing with the Argentine, but you wouldn't think so from a series of tweets that Firpo sent in his youth.It's emerged in the Spanish press this summer that Barcelona's new signing posted a number of eye-watering tweets about Messi when he was 15 years old.Sure, many of us have posted some embarrassing things on social media, particularly when we were younger, but few of us have joked about breaking people's legs... obviously.The Spanish publication also reiterated that Firpo had branded Messi a "son of a b****. Junior Firpo has an estimated market value of around 20 million euros and many reports have suggested that he has been offered by the Spanish side in a swap deal in hopes to reduce the price of the club’s primary transfer target Lautaro Martinez.