Romanian side Politehnica Iasi have signed Gai Assulin, who was once dubbed as 'the new Messi' whilst in Barcelona's famed La Masia academy.
The 28-year-old, however, opted to depart Barcelona back in 2010 in order to join Manchester City.
It was then when everything went wrong for him, though, as he left the Sky Blues without making an official debut, and after an unsuccessful spell at Brighton, he returned to Spain for Racing Santander.
He played 27 games at Los Verdiblancos, contributing three goals and two assists, before moving to Granada and then Hercules, where he netted three times.
Another failed move to Real Mallorca followed, before he signed for Hapoel Tel Aviv, for whom he barely played six games.
In 2016, Assulin joined Spanish third tier side Sabadell, where he registered three goals and one assist across two seasons.
After a short spell at the Kazakhstani team Kairat, he moved to Romania for Poli Iasi, which is his 10th team since he left Barcelona.
moacmoptz
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the new Messi i know is Mateo all the others are fake
zenekoyz
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Almost 20 Messi have been found sinse Messi got famous... But don't know where they are now... [Crylaugh]
itzfreeman
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new Messi at what age ? 😄
new messi at 28 years [Crylaugh]
FC_Messi
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That’s the whole problem with the media They call everyone the new messi and they end up flopping Stop putting so much pressure on them and let them do their thing. Call them messi when messi retires
Tayesco09
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Always new Messi have never heard of new Ronaldo all the player want to become Messi thats the fact
Ninhorex
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any new messi other than ansu fati is fake [Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
I doubt
Bayla30
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imagine fati joining Sunderland in next 5 years
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divinco
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any new messi other than ansu fati is fake [Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
lol.... he will fail also
aleenjohny17
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Trust me there's only one Messi
EliteMvB
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Good things are always compared with the best 😉
Cleopas10
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I think the challenge Messi is facing now is the fact that there are too many new Messi out there. I guess am new Messi myself.
mycorner
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why did he fail out
Yaybdkly
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imagine fati joining Sunderland in next 5 years
afro-mula
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new Messi at what age ? 😄
NifemiAji
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u called this new messi what about cro messi?
Taddkortz
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See why Messi cannot leave Barca, he just built for them
Ninhorex
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any new messi other than ansu fati is fake [Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
Faridur_Rahman_vai
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Messi is one and only
BETRIANO
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we need to punish all football for voilating second Barcelona commandments which is "Thou shall not use Messi's name in vain"
DaMhztourage
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Phil Jones be like : I have been scoring goals at both ends , very popular in football world , yet nobody wants to sign "new Jones . [Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
raynknight
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His Career is Messi's One Season.....
Edoo87
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there's one Messi
Edoo87
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so what
chibosky1001
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People should learn from past mistakes, stop comparing any player with the GOAT, we only have one GOAT called Lionel Messi, simple and simple