Leo Messi and Luka Romero, Luka Romero, and Leo Messi. That the whole world is comparing the talented Argentines isn't a coincidence. And the Barca player and Mallorca player have more things in common than it seems.
Luka Romero, the latest aspirant to Leo Messi, has already become the youngest ever La Liga debutant, thanks to his first league match against Real Madrid at just 15.
The Argentine broke the record for the youngest La Liga player in the match, a feat equal to very few. That's why many are already comparing him with his compatriot.
And bridging the gap, Luka Romero and Leo Messi and have a lot in common, as we tell you below from the newspaper 'Olé'.
Both players are left-footed and started with the number 18 at Argentina. While Luka made his debut in the under 15 South American championship in Paraguay in 2019, Leo did so on the 17th August 2005 in a friendly match against Hungary.
However, it motivates them both to wear the number 10 on their back, a number which Messi already wears with pride and which he wore for the first time with Argentina on 28th March 2009, in the win against Venezuela in the 2010 World Cup qualifying.
It is also noteworthy that despite the fact that both are Argentinians and have their family in the South American country, they have spent practically all their lives in Spain, where they enjoy the best football.
And, to close, a fact that many are unaware of: the love of the two for Barca. Leaving aside the more than well-known history of Messi with Barca, Luka Romero was at La Masia for a week, but decided to leave, since it was too far from his house.